pawa

See also: pawā

English

Noun

pawa (plural pawas)

1. (New Zealand) An edible univalve mollusc of the genus Haliotis, having a shell lined with mother-of-pearl.
   • 1912, Katherine Mansfield, The Woman at the Store, from "Selected Short Stories"

     One little patch was divided off by pawa shells […]

Synonyms

• pāua (New Zealand)
• abalone (US, Australia)
• ear-shell (UK),
• ormer (Guernsey)
• perlemoen (South Africa)

Translations

edible univalve mollusc

• Breton: ourmel collective noun ourmelenn singular f
• Central Sierra Miwok: hásˑyny-
• Finnish: abaloni (fi), punamerikorva
• French: ormeau (fr) m, haliotide (fr) f, paua (fr)
• German: Abalone (de)
• Japanese: 鮑 (ja) (あわび, awabi), パウア貝 (paua gai)
• Malay: abalon
• Maori: pāua
• Polish: słuchotka f, ucho morskie n
• Russian: па́уа f (páua), абало́н (ru) m (abalón), морско́е у́шко n (morskóje úško)
• Spanish: oreja de mar f, abulón (es) m

Anagrams

• WAPA

Anguthimri

Noun

pawa

1. (Mpakwithi) egg

References

• Terry Crowley, The Mpakwithi dialect of Anguthimri (1981), page 187

Chamicuro

Noun

pawa

1. field

Lower Sorbian

Etymology

From paw (“peacock”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpawa/

Noun

pawa f

1. peahen

Declension

Declension of pawa

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	pawa	pawje	pawy
Genitive	pawy	pawowu	pawow
Dative	pawje	pawoma	pawam
Accusative	pawu	pawje	pawy
Instrumental	pawu	pawoma	pawami
Locative	pawje	pawoma	pawach

Noun

pawa

1. inflection of paw:
   1. genitive/accusative singular
   2. nominative dual

Further reading

• Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928) “pawa”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
• Starosta, Manfred (1999) “pawa”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag

Makasar

Etymology

From Xiamen Hokkien 包仔 (pau-á, “baozi”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paˈwa/, [pʰa.ˈwa]
• Hyphenation: pa‧wa

Noun

pawa (Lontara spelling ᨄᨓ)

1. baozi, a steamed stuffed bun with mixed peanut crumbs, sesame seeds and sugar filling.

Affixations

• appawa

 

Further reading

• A. A. Cense (2024) Makassaars-Nederlands woordenboek‎^[1], Brill, →DOI

Old English

Alternative forms

• pēa

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *pāwō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɑː.wɑ/

Noun

pāwa m

1. peacock
   • c. 1000, The Wonders of the East‎^[2]:

     Fēnixas habbaþ cambas on hēafde swā pāwan.

     Phoenixes have crests on their head like peacocks.

Declension

Weak:

	singular	plural
nominative	pāwa	pāwan
accusative	pāwan	pāwan
genitive	pāwan	pāwena
dative	pāwan	pāwum

Swahili

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

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Etymology 1

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

-pawa (infinitive kupawa)

1. (dialectal or archaic) Passive form of -pa

Conjugation

Conjugation of -pawa
Positive present -napawa Subjunctive -pawe Negative -pawi Imperative singular pawa
Infinitives
Positive kupawa Negative kutopawa
Imperatives
Singular pawa Plural paweni
Tensed forms
Habitual hupawa Positive past positive subject concord + -lipawa Negative past negative subject concord + -kupawa
Positive present (positive subject concord + -napawa) Singular Plural 1st person ninapawa/napawa tunapawa 2nd person unapawa mnapawa 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anapawa wanapawa other classes positive subject concord + -napawa
Negative present (negative subject concord + -pawi) Singular Plural 1st person sipawi hatupawi 2nd person hupawi hampawi 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hapawi hawapawi other classes negative subject concord + -pawi
Positive future positive subject concord + -tapawa Negative future negative subject concord + -tapawa
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -pawe) Singular Plural 1st person nipawe tupawe 2nd person upawe mpawe 3rd person m-wa(I/II) apawe wapawe other classes positive subject concord + -pawe
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sipawe Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngepawa Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singepawa Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalipawa Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalipawa
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -apawa) Singular Plural 1st person napawa twapawa 2nd person wapawa mwapawa 3rd person m-wa(I/II) apawa wapawa m-mi(III/IV) wapawa yapawa ji-ma(V/VI) lapawa yapawa ki-vi(VII/VIII) chapawa vyapawa n(IX/X) yapawa zapawa u(XI) wapawa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwapawa pa(XVI) papawa mu(XVIII) mwapawa
Perfect positive subject concord + -mepawa "Already" positive subject concord + -meshapawa "Not yet" negative subject concord + -japawa "If/When" positive subject concord + -kipawa "If not" positive subject concord + -sipopawa Consecutive kapawa / positive subject concord + -kapawa Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kapawe
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nipawa -tupawa 2nd person -kupawa -wapawa/-kupaweni/-wapaweni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mpawa -wapawa m-mi(III/IV) -upawa -ipawa ji-ma(V/VI) -lipawa -yapawa ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kipawa -vipawa n(IX/X) -ipawa -zipawa u(XI) -upawa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kupawa pa(XVI) -papawa mu(XVIII) -mupawa Reflexive -jipawa
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -pawa- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -pawaye -pawao m-mi(III/IV) -pawao -pawayo ji-ma(V/VI) -pawalo -pawayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -pawacho -pawavyo n(IX/X) -pawayo -pawazo u(XI) -pawao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -pawako pa(XVI) -pawapo mu(XVIII) -pawamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -pawa) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yepawa -opawa m-mi(III/IV) -opawa -yopawa ji-ma(V/VI) -lopawa -yopawa ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chopawa -vyopawa n(IX/X) -yopawa -zopawa u(XI) -opawa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kopawa pa(XVI) -popawa mu(XVIII) -mopawa
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

pawa

1. plural of upawa

Tagalog

Etymology

Compare Kapampangan paua.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈpawaʔ/ [ˈpaː.wɐʔ]
• Rhymes: -awaʔ
• Syllabification: pa‧wa

Adjective

pawà (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜏ)

1. all

   Synonym: lahat

Further reading

• “pawa”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

Anagrams

• apaw

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English power.

Noun

pawa

1. power
2. strength
3. electricity

Yindjibarndi

Noun

pawa

1. water

References

• Frank J. F. Wordick, The Yindjibarndi Language (1982)