bwat
Haitian Creole edit
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bwat
Mauritian Creole edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
bwat
References edit
- Baker, Philip & Hookoomsing, Vinesh Y. 1987. Dictionnaire de créole mauricien. Morisyen – English – Français
Old Javanese edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bəʀəqat. Doublet of bot and wrat.
Noun edit
bwat
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Etymology 2 edit
Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buhat. Doublet of bot and wwat.
Noun edit
bwat
- way of being made
- what is made
- what is done
Adverb edit
bwat
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Etymology 3 edit
Unknown. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Particle edit
bwat
- emphatic particle: come! well then!
References edit
- "bwat" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.
Seychellois Creole edit
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Noun edit
bwat
References edit
- Danielle D’Offay et Guy Lionnet, Diksyonner Kreol - Franse / Dictionnaire Créole Seychellois - Français