awa

See also: Awa, áwa, ʻawa, āwa, awa-, -awa, and -awą

awa - Translingual

Symbol

awa

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

awa - Angolar

Noun

awa

  1. water

awa - Atong (India)

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /awa/

Noun

awa (Bengali script আৱা)

  1. father

Synonyms

awa - Cebuano

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: a‧wa

Noun

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)

Usage notes

  • Awa, alternatively named inahan sa bangus, mainly refers to the wild milkfish while bangus refer mostly to the cultivated milkfish.

Interjection

awa

  1. look!

awa - Chickasaw

Conjunction

awa

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

awa - Chuukese

Noun

awa

  1. hour

awa - Guajajára

Noun

awa

  1. man

Derived terms

awa - Hausa

Pronunciation

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

Noun

awā̀ f (plural awōyī, possessed form awàr̃)

  1. hour

awa - Hawaiian

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ˈa.wa/, [ˈɐʋə]

Noun

awa

  1. channel, passage
  2. port, harbor, cove

Noun

awa

  1. milkfish

awa - Hiligaynon

Noun

áwà

  1. compassion, mercy, pity

awa - Jamamadí

Noun

awa

  1. (Banawá) wood

awa - Japanese

Romanization

awa

  1. Rōmaji transcription of あわ

awa - Kavalan

Noun

awa

  1. drinkware; cup; glass

awa - Maori

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /a.wa/, [ɐ.wɐ]

Noun

awa

  1. river, creek, stream

awa - Maquiritari

Pronunciation

  • IPA: [awa]

Noun

awa (possessed awadü or ewadü)

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

awa - Marshallese

Pronunciation

  • (phonetic) IPA: [ɑwɑ]
  • (phonemic) IPA: /ɰæwæɰ/
  • Bender phonemes: {hawah}

Noun

awa (construct form awaan)

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

awa - Media Lengua

Noun

awa

  1. water

awa - Nigerian Pidgin

Adjective

awa

  1. our

awa - Old Polish

Particle

awa

  1. here!

Descendants

  • Polish: awa (obsolete)

awa - Papiamentu

Noun

awa

  1. water

awa - Plains Cree

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /aˈwa/

Pronoun

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

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

awa - Pohnpeian

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ɐwɐ/

Noun

awa

  1. hour

awa - Polish

Particle

awa

  1. (Middle Polish) Expresses uncertainty; maybe, perhaps
  2. (obsolete) interrogative particle: introduces a yes-no question

awa - Scots

Pronunciation

IPA: /əˈwɑː/

Adverb

awa (not comparable)

  1. away

Adjective

awa (comparative mair awa, superlative maist awa)

  1. absent, gone, distant

awa - Tagalog

Alternative forms

  • aua obsolete, Spanish-based orthography

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: a‧wa
  • IPA: /ˈʔawaʔ/, [ˈʔa.wɐʔ]

Noun

awà (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜏ)

  1. compassion; mercy; pity

Derived terms

awa - Ternate

Pronunciation

  • IPA: [ˈa.wa]

Noun

awa

  1. rainbow

Pronunciation

  • IPA: [ˈa.wa]

Noun

awa

  1. sign, mark

awa - Yami

Noun

awa

  1. sea

awa - Yoruba

Alternative forms

  • ìn-a (Ekiti)

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /à.wā/

Pronoun

àwa

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

awa - Zazaki

Noun

awa

  1. accusative singular of aw
Meaning and Definition of awa
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