[go: nahoru, domu]

See also: Wawa, wáwa, wawā, and wāwa

English

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Etymology 1

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Perhaps related to wavey (snow goose)?

Noun

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wawa (plural wawas)

  1. A snow goose.
    • 1914, Poultney Bigelow, James Henry Worman, Ben James Worman, Outing Magazine: The Outdoor Magazine of Human Interest (page 14)
      The last of the morning flight of noisy wawas going fieldwards were streaming from the water when I pushed out in the canoe []

Etymology 2

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Shortened and simplified form of water.

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Noun

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wawa (uncountable)

  1. (colloquial, childish) Water. (Can we add an example for this sense?)

Adangme

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Etymology

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cf. Akan ɔwawa, Nzima wawa

Noun

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wawa

  1. (Krobo dialect) obeche, African whitewood (Triplochiton scleroxylon)[1]

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  1. ^ Irvine, F. R. (1961) Woody Plants of Ghana: With Special Reference to Their Uses[1], London: Oxford University Press, page 184

Amis

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Noun

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wawa

  1. child

Anyi

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Etymology

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cf. Nzima wawa, Akan ɔwawa

Noun

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wawa

  1. obeche, African whitewood (Triplochiton scleroxylon)[1]
    Synonym: patabo(ɛ)

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  1. ^ Irvine, F. R. (1961) Woody Plants of Ghana: With Special Reference to Their Uses[2], London: Oxford University Press, page 184

Aymara

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Etymology

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Probably mimics the cry of a baby through onomatopoeia.

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Noun

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wawa

  1. baby
  2. child

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Descendants

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  • Spanish: guagua

Baoule

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Etymology

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cf. Nzima wawa, Akan ɔwawa

Noun

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wawa

  1. obeche, African whitewood (Triplochiton scleroxylon)[1]
    Synonym: patabo(ɛ)

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  1. ^ Irvine, F. R. (1961) Woody Plants of Ghana: With Special Reference to Their Uses[3], London: Oxford University Press, page 184

Chinook Jargon

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Noun

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wawa

  1. language
    Naika wawa Chinook wawa.
    I speak Chinook Jargon.

Verb

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wawa

  1. to talk, say, tell
  2. to speak (a language)
    Naika wawa Chinook wawa.
    I speak Chinook Jargon.

Etymology

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cf. Akan ɔwawa, Nzima wawa

Noun

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wawa

  1. obeche, African whitewood (Triplochiton scleroxylon)[1]

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  1. ^ Irvine, F. R. (1961) Woody Plants of Ghana: With Special Reference to Their Uses[4], London: Oxford University Press, page 184

Fijian

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Noun

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wawa

  1. gut, bowels, entrails
  2. tripe

Etymology

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cf. Akan ɔwawa, Nzima wawa

Noun

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wawa

  1. obeche, African whitewood (Triplochiton scleroxylon)[1]

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  1. ^ Irvine, F. R. (1961) Woody Plants of Ghana: With Special Reference to Their Uses[5], London: Oxford University Press, page 184

Italian

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Noun

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wawa m (invariable)

  1. (music) wah-wah (sound, or mute used to produce it)

Kambera

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Etymology

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Compare Laboya ɓawa.

Adverb

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wawa

  1. down
    Ni-nja la wawa-mu.
    They are below you.

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  • Marian Klamer (1998) A Grammar of Kambera, Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 127

Kapampangan

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈwawəʔ/ [ˈwäː.wəʔ]
  • Hyphenation: wa‧wa

Noun

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wáwâ

  1. Súlat Wáwâ spelling of uaua

Mwani

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Noun

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wawa class 1a (plural wawawa)

  1. Alternative form of baba

Nzima

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Etymology

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cf. Akan ɔwawa

Noun

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wawa

  1. obeche, African whitewood (Triplochiton scleroxylon)[1][2]
    Synonym: wana

References

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  1. ^ Kerharo, J., Bouquet, A. (1950) Plantes médicinales et toxiques de la Côte-d’Ivoire - Haute-Volta[6] (in French), Paris: Vigot Frères, page 62
  2. ^ Irvine, F. R. (1961) Woody Plants of Ghana: With Special Reference to Their Uses[7], London: Oxford University Press, page 184

Old English

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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wāwa m

  1. Alternative form of wēa

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Old Javanese

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baba. Compare Malay bawa.

Verb

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wawa

  1. to bring, to carry
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Etymology 2

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Adverb

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wawa

  1. Alternative spelling of wawaṅ

Etymology 3

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Noun

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wawa

  1. Alternative spelling of wa

Quechua

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Noun

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wawa

  1. mother's child
  2. infant

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Sakizaya

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /wa.ˈwa/, [wa.ˈwa]

Noun

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wawa

  1. child

Sehwi

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Etymology

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cf. Nzima wawa, Akan ɔwawa

Noun

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wawa

  1. obeche, African whitewood (Triplochiton scleroxylon)[1]
    Synonym: patabo(ɛ)

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  1. ^ Irvine, F. R. (1961) Woody Plants of Ghana: With Special Reference to Their Uses[8], London: Oxford University Press, page 184

Spanish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈwawa/ [ˈwa.wa]
  • Rhymes: -awa
  • Syllabification: wa‧wa

Noun

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wawa f (plural wawas)

  1. Eye dialect spelling of guagua.

Tagalog

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Alternative forms

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-Philippine *wáqwaq (mouth of a river). Compare Kapampangan uaua, Cebuano wawa, Aklanon wawa, Kankanaey wawa, Yami wawa (sea).

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Noun

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wawà (Baybayin spelling ᜏᜏ)

  1. river mouth; delta; estuary
    Synonym: delta
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Etymology 2

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Clipping of kawawa, which in turn is a contraction of kaawa-awa (pitiful).

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Adjective

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wawà (Baybayin spelling ᜏᜏ)

  1. (childish) pitiful; unfortunate; deserving one's pity
    Synonyms: kawawa, kaawa-awa, kahabag-habag, nakakaawa
    Wawa naman ang sanggol na iyon.
    Boohoo, that baby. (sense: crying; by extension: sad, pitiful)
    (literally, “How sad/pitiful is that baby.”)

Etymology 3

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wawà (Baybayin spelling ᜏᜏ)

  1. meaning; real sense; point (of what one says)
    Synonyms: kasaysayan, kahulugan
  2. understanding
    Synonyms: intindi, unawa, pagkaunawa, watas
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Etymology 4

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wawá (Baybayin spelling ᜏᜏ) (obsolete)

  1. act of scaring animals
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Etymology 5

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Noun

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wawâ (Baybayin spelling ᜏᜏ) (obsolete)

  1. name of the Baybayin letter , corresponding to "wa"
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Anagrams

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Yami

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Etymology

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From Proto-Austronesian *waqwaq.

Noun

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wawa

  1. sea