owa

See also: Appendix:Variations of "owa"

Bavarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔːβɐ/

Etymology 1

From Middle High German abher, ab-her, abeher, equivalent to å + her. Compare archaic German abher.

Adverb

owa

1. down, downwards (direction towards the speaker)

   Antonym: auffa

Usage notes

Bavarian adverbs of direction come in pairs: endings in -i or -e denote direction away from the speaker (akin to hi), and endings in -a denote direction towards the speaker (akin to her).

Related terms

• owe
• owi

Etymology 2

From Middle High German aver, aber, from Old High German aber, abur, aver, avur, afur, from Proto-Germanic *aferą (“behind”). Compare German aber, Luxembourgish awer (“but”), Saterland Frisian oaber (“but”), Middle Low German āver, German Low German aver (“but”).

Conjunction

owa (coordinating)

1. but; however; though

   Muagn håb i koa Zeit, owa åm Freidåg dadat's geng. ― I don't have time tomorrow, but Friday would be fine.

Edo

Etymology

From Proto-Edoid *U-bhaGɪ or Proto-Edoid *-baGɪ, cognates with Yekhee owa, Esan uwa, Urhobo uwevwi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ò.wá/

Noun

owa

1. house

Derived terms

• owa amẹ (“water tank”)
• owa ebe (“school”)
• owa egbagbọ (“church”)
• owa ekẹn (“mud house”)
• owa ẹbọ (“temple”)
• owa ẹki (“shop”)
• owa ẹzọ (“native court building court”)
• owa iyayi (“church”)

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈo.wa/, [ˈo.wa]

Noun

owa (plural owa-owa)

1. gibbon

Synonyms

• ungka
• wau-wau
• wawa

Further reading

• “owa” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔ.va/

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• Rhymes: -ɔva
• Syllabification: o‧wa

Pronoun

owa

1. feminine nominative/vocative singular of ów