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awa

See also: Appendix:Variations of "awa"
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awa

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Awadhi.

English

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Etymology

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From Hawaiian ʻawa.

Noun

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awa (uncountable)

  1. Kava, specifically Piper methysticum.
    • 1874, Charles Nordhoff, Northern California, Oregon, and the Sandwich Islands‎[2], New York: Harper & Brothers, page 92:
      The manner of preparing awa is peculiarly disgusting. The root is chewed by women, and the spit out well-chewed mouthfuls into a calabash.
    • 1900, Oliver P. Emerson, “The Awa Habit of the Hawaiians”, in All about Hawaii: The Recognized Book of Authentic Information on Hawaii, Combined with Thrum's Hawaiian Annual and Standard Guide‎[3], Honolulu: Honolulu Gazette Co., page 131:
      The awa plant is a species of pepper, the piper methysticum of the botanist, and is described as having fleshy stems from two to three feet high.
    • 1911 October 26, Daniel Logan, editor, The Hawaiian Forester and Agriculturist‎[4], volume 8, Honolulu, Hawaii, page 356:
      The majority say that there is little awa growing wild on Government lands, the bulk of that at present in the market being obtained from cultivated patches.
  2. An intoxicating drink made from the kava plant, typically the root.
    • 1900, Oliver P. Emerson, “The Awa Habit of the Hawaiians”, in All about Hawaii: The Recognized Book of Authentic Information on Hawaii, Combined with Thrum's Hawaiian Annual and Standard Guide‎[5], Honolulu: Honolulu Gazette Co., page 134:
      The Hawaiian gods were supposed to be particularly addicted to the use of awa. Songs were sung in praise of the drink.
    • 1910, S. M. Kanakau, “Ancient Hawaiian Religious Beliefs and Ceremonies”, in Thros. G. Thrum, editor, The Hawaiian Annual for 1911‎[6], Honolulu: Thros. G. Thrum, page 150:
      When the prayer had finished, the awa was drunk and the sacred feast then began.

Angolar

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Etymology

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From Portuguese água.

Noun

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awa

  1. water

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  • Philippe Maurer, L'angolar: un créole afro-portugais parlé à São Tomé (1995, →ISBN: "awa [HH] eau (ptg. agua). awa boka bave. awa ngairu ruisseau, fleuve. awa ȏngȇ n'na ome sperme. awa rago ~ rogo eau de noix de coco. awa wȇ larme."

Atong (India)

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awa (Bengali script আৱা)

  1. father

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Cebuano

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Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: a‧wa

Etymology 1

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Unknown

Noun

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awa

  1. a wild sea dwelling milkfish (Chanos chanos); as opposed to milkfish raised in aquaculture (see usage notes)
  2. the Hawaiian ladyfish (Elops hawaiensis)
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  • Awa, alternatively named inahan sa bangus, mainly refers to the wild milkfish while bangus refer mostly to the cultivated milkfish.

Etymology 2

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Short for tan-awa

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awa

  1. look!

Chickasaw

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awa

  1. and (used only in numerical expressions such as awa chaffa)

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  • Mobilian: awa

Chuukese

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English hour.

Noun

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awa

  1. hour

Guajajára

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Etymology

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    Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *aβa.

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    • IPA(key): /aˈwa/, [aˈʷa]
    • Rhymes: -a
    • Hyphenation: a‧wa

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    awa

    1. man

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    References

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    • Carl Harrison, Carole Harrison (2013) “awa”, in Dicionário Guajajára-Português‎[7] (overall work in Portuguese), Anápolis: SIL Brasil, page 16, column 1

    Gun

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    Etymology

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    From Proto-Gbe *-bá or Proto-Gbe *-bɔ́, from the older Proto-Volta-Niger *ɔ́-bɔ́. Cognate with Fon awà (“arm”), Fon abǎ (“arm”), Saxwe Gbe abɔ́ (“arm”), Adja abɔ (“arm”), Adja aba (“arm”), Ayizo awa (“forearm”), Ayizo aba (“arm”), Ewe abɔ (“arm”).

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    • IPA(key): /ā.wà/
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    awà (plural awà lɛ́ or awà lẹ́)

    1. wing
    2. arm

    Hausa

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    Etymology

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    Borrowed from English hour.

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    • IPA(key): /ʔá.wàː/
      • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [ʔá.wàː]
    • Hyphenation: a‧wa

    Noun

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    awā̀ f (plural awōyī, possessed form awàr̃)

    1. hour
      Synonym: sa'a

    Hawaiian

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    Pronunciation

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    • IPA(key): /ˈa.wa/, [ˈɐ.ʋə]

    Etymology 1

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    From Proto-Polynesian *awa (“channel, opening in a reef” – compare with Maori awa, Tahitian ava, Tongan ava and Samoan ava)[1] from Proto-Oceanic *sawaŋ from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sawaŋ (compare with Malay sawang “expanse”, Iban sawang “gap”, Tagalog sáwang “depth”).[2][3]

    Noun

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    awa

    1. channel, passage
    2. port, harbor, cove
      Synonyms: hono, hana
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    References

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    1. ^ Pukui, Mary Kawena, Elbert, Samuel H. (1986) “awa”, in Hawaiian Dictionary, revised & enlarged edition, Honolulu, HI: University of Hawai'i Press, →ISBN, page 33
    2. ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “awa”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online
    3. ^ Ross, Malcolm D., Pawley, Andrew, Osmond, Meredith (2008) The lexicon of Proto-Oceanic, volume 2: The Physical Environment, Canberra: Australian National University, →ISBN, pages 116-7

    Etymology 2

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    (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

    Noun

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    awa

    1. milkfish

    Hiligaynon

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    áwà

    1. compassion, mercy, pity

    Jamamadí

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    Etymology

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    Inherited from Proto-Arawa *aga.

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    awa

    1. (Banawá) wood

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    Japanese

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    awa

    1. Rōmaji transcription of あわ

    Javanese

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    Romanization

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    awa

    1. Romanization of ꦲꦮ

    Kavalan

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    Etymology

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    From Japanese [Term?].

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    awa

    1. drinkware; cup; glass

    Maori

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    Etymology

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    Inherited from Proto-Polynesian *awa (“channel, opening in a reef” – compare with Tahitian ava, Samoan ava) from Proto-Oceanic *sawaŋ from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sawaŋ (compare with Malay sawang “expanse”, Iban sawang “gap”, Tagalog sáwang “depth”).[1]

    Other Polynesian languages generally retain the Proto-Polynesian meaning (e.g. Samoan and Hawaiian awa); the Māori cognate gains an additional new meaning of "river" as the large rivers observed in newly explored New Zealand were perceived more similar to channels than the small streams (Proto-Polynesian *waitafe “flowing waters” corresponding to wai tahe – see also Hawaiian waikahe, Tongan vaitafe, Samoan vaitafe)[2] known by the Māori's prior ancestors.[3]

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    awa

    1. river, creek, stream
      Synonym: wai
    2. groove, fluting
    3. (archaic) channel
      Synonym: hongere
    4. (archaic) landing for canoes

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    1. ^ Ross, Malcolm D., Pawley, Andrew, Osmond, Meredith (2008) The lexicon of Proto-Oceanic, volume 2: The Physical Environment, Canberra: Australian National University, →ISBN, pages 116-7
    2. ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “wai-tafe”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online
    3. ^ Bruce Biggs (1994) “New Words for a New World”, in A. K. Pawley, M. D. Ross, editors, Austronesian Terminologies: Continuity and Change (Pacific Linguistics Series C; 127), Australian National University, →DOI, page 25

    Further reading

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    • Williams, Herbert William (1917) “awa”, in A Dictionary of the Maori Language, page 28
    • “awa” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.

    Marshallese

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    Etymology

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    From English hour, from Middle English houre, hour, oure, from Anglo-Norman houre, from Old French houre, (h)ore, from Latin hōra (“hour”), from Ancient Greek ὥρα (hṓra, “any time or period, whether of the year, month, or day”), from Proto-Indo-European *yeh₁- (“year, season”).

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    awa (construct form awaan)

    1. (alienable) an hour
    2. (alienable) a clock
    3. (alienable) time

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    Media Lengua

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    awa

    1. water

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    • Pidgins and Creoles: An Introduction (1995, →ISBN

    Nheengatu

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    Etymology 1

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    Inherited from Old Tupi aba.[1]

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    awa (IIf class pluriform, plural awa-itá, absolute awa, R1 rawa, R2 sawa)

    1. contour feather; plumage
      Coordinate term: pepú (“flight feather”)
    2. (loosely) any feather
    3. fur
    4. body hair
    5. (rare) headhair
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    Verb

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    awa (2nd class)

    1. to be feathery
    2. to be hairy

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    Inherited from Old Tupi 'aba.[1]

    Noun

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    awa (plural awa-itá)

    1. headhair
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    Etymology 3

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    Inherited from Old Tupi oba.[1]

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    awa (IIf class pluriform, plural awa-itá, absolute awa, R1 rawa, R2 sawa)

    1. leaf
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    1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Marcel Twardowsky Avila (2021) “awa”, in Proposta de dicionário nheengatu-português [Nheengatu–Portuguese dictionary proposal] (in Portuguese), São Paulo: USP, →DOI, pages 280–281

    Nigerian Pidgin

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    Etymology

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    From English our.

    Adjective

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    awá

    1. our

    Old English

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    Adverb

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    āwa

    1. always, ever, forever

    Old Polish

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    Etymology

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    Univerbation of a +‎ wa.[1] First attested in the 14th century.

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    • IPA(key): (10th–15th CE) /a(ː)va/
    • IPA(key): (15th CE) /ava/, /ɒva/

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    awa

    1. (attested in Lesser Poland) here!
      • c. 1301-1350, Kazania świętokrzyskie‎[8], Miechów, page dv 4:
        Aua tih slov [wykład z języ]ka lacinskego v polsky iesc taky
        [Awa tych słow [wykład z języ]ka łacińskiego w polski jeść taki]

    Descendants

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    • Middle Polish: awa

    References

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    1. ^ J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900), “awa”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page 73
    • B. Sieradzka-Baziur, Ewa Deptuchowa, Joanna Duska, Mariusz Frodyma, Beata Hejmo, Dorota Janeczko, Katarzyna Jasińska, Krystyna Kajtoch, Joanna Kozioł, Marian Kucała, Dorota Mika, Gabriela Niemiec, Urszula Poprawska, Elżbieta Supranowicz, Ludwika Szelachowska-Winiarzowa, Zofia Wanicowa, Piotr Szpor, Bartłomiej Borek, editors (2011–2015), “awa”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN

    Papiamentu

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    Etymology

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    From Portuguese água and Spanish agua and Kabuverdianu agu.

    The Portuguese word comes from Latin aqua, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ekʷeh₂.

    Noun

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    awa

    1. water

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    • Pidgins and Creoles: An Introduction (1995, →ISBN

    Plains Cree

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    awa anim sg (animate plural ôki, inanimate singular ôma, inanimate plural ôhi, Syllabics ᐊᐊᐧ)

    1. (preceding a noun) this
      nipâw awa atim ― this dog is sleeping
    2. (following a noun) this is
      atim awa ― this is a dog
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    • ana (“that”)
    • nâha (“that (over there)”)

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    • awa in Plains Cree Online Dictionary

    Pohnpeian

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    Etymology

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    Borrowed from English hour, from Middle English houre, oure, from Anglo-Norman houre, from Old French houre, (h)ore, from Latin hōra (“hour”), from Ancient Greek ὥρα (hṓra), from Proto-Indo-European *yeh₁- (“year, season”).

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    awa

    1. hour

    Polish

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    Etymology

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    Inherited from Old Polish awa. By surface analysis, univerbation of a +‎ wa.[1]

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    • Rhymes: -ava
    • Syllabification: a‧wa

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    awa

    1. (Middle Polish) expresses uncertainty; maybe, perhaps [16th c][2]
    2. (Middle Polish) interrogative particle: introduces a yes-no question [17th–18th c.][3][4]

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    1. ^ J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900), “awa”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page 73
    2. ^ Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “awa”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
    3. ^ Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814) “awa”, in Słownik języka polskiego
    4. ^ Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “awa”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861

    Scots

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    Etymology

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    From Middle English awey, from Old English onweġ.

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    awa (not comparable)

    1. away

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    awa (comparative mair awa, superlative maist awa)

    1. absent, gone, distant

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    awa f (plural awas)

    1. Eye dialect spelling of agua (“water”).

    Tagalog

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    Said to be from Sanskrit आवह् (āvah, “favor”).[1]

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    awà (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜏ)

    1. compassion; mercy; pity
      Synonyms: habag, pagkahabag, hambal, lunos

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    1. ^ Trinidad Hermenegildo Pardo de Tavera (1887) El sanscrito en la lengua tagalog‎[1] (in Spanish), Paris: Imprimerie de la Faculté de Médecine, A. Davy, page 18

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    Ternate

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    awa

    1. rainbow

    Etymology 2

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    Possibly the same as the previous etymology, as a semantic extension.

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    awa

    1. sign, mark

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    • Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

    Yami

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    awa

    1. sea

    Ye'kwana

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    Variant orthographies
    ALIV awa
    Brazilian standard awa
    New Tribes awa

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    awa (possessed awadü or ewadü)

    1. (Brazil) Alternative form of öwa (“cemetery”)

    Yoruba

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    Alternative forms

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    Etymology

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    Cognate with Igala àwa

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    àwa

    1. we (emphatic first-person plural personal pronoun)

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    Affirmative subject pronouns
    singular plural or honorific
    1st person mo a
    2nd person o ẹ
    3rd person ó wọ́n
    Negative subject pronouns
    singular plural or honorific
    1st person mi / n a
    2nd person o ẹ
    3rd person [pronoun dropped] wọn
    Object pronouns
    singular plural or honorific
    1st person mi wa
    2nd person ọ / ẹ yín
    3rd person [preceding vowel repeated for monosyllabic verbs] / ẹ̀ wọn
    Note: except for yín, object pronouns have a high tone following a low or mid tone monosyllabic verb, and a mid tone following a high tone. For complex verbs, the tone does not change.
    Emphatic pronouns
    singular plural or honorific
    1st person èmi àwa
    2nd person ìwọ ẹ̀yin
    3rd person òun àwọn
    Ijebu personal pronouns
    Number Person Affirmative Subject Pronoun Negative Subject Pronoun Emphatic Pronoun Possessive Pronoun Object Pronoun Possessive Determiner Reflexive Pronoun
    Singular First mo mí èmi tèmi mi ara mi
    Second wo wé ùwọ tiẹ ẹ ara ẹ
    Third ó, é [pronoun dropped] òwun, òun tiẹ̀ ẹ̀ ara ẹ̀
    Plural and Honorific First a á àwa tẹni ẹni ara ẹni
    Second wẹn wẹ́n ẹ̀wẹn tiwẹn wẹn ara wẹn
    Third wọ́n ọ̀wọn tiwọn wọn ara wọn

    Zazaki

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    awa

    1. accusative singular of aw
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