dawa
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Swahili dawa (“medicine”).
Noun edit
dawa (plural dawas)
- (East Africa) A medicine, particularly a native one or one used by witch doctors.
- (Kenya) A cocktail made with vodka, honey, and lime juice.
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Bikol Central edit
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Conjunction edit
dawà (Basahan spelling ᜇᜏ)
- even if; even so; even though; although
- Synonym: maski
Cebuano edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
dáwa (Badlit spelling ᜇᜏ)
Hausa edit
Etymology 1 edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
dāwā̀ f (plural dāwōyī, possessed form dāwàr̃)
Etymology 2 edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
dawà m (possessed form dawàn)
Derived terms edit
Iraqw edit
Noun edit
dawa m (plural dabee f)
References edit
- Mous, Maarten, Qorro, Martha, Kießling, Roland (2002) Iraqw-English Dictionary (Kuschitische Sprachstudien), volume 18, Köln, Germany: Rüdiger Köppe Verlag, →ISBN, page 19
Javanese edit
Romanization edit
dawa
- Romanization of ꦢꦮ
Lower Sorbian edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
dawa
Puyuma edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Austronesian *zawa. Compare Hiligaynon dawa, Cebuano dawa, Tagalog dawa, Waray-Waray dawa, and Tausug dawa.
Noun edit
dawa
Sakizaya edit
Pronunciation edit
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dawa
Sundanese edit
Noun edit
dawa
- lawsuit; a dispute carried before a court or authority.
References edit
- “Dawa” in Jonathan Rigg, A Dictionary of the Sunda language (1862), page 103.
Swahili edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Audio (Kenya) (file)
Noun edit
dawa (n class, plural dawa) or dawa (ma class, plural madawa)
Usage notes edit
In its strictest sense, this word means "medicine", but is used generally for anything that improves or protects the condition of another thing; for example dawa ya viatu (“dawa of the shoes”) means "shoe polish".
Derived terms edit
- dawa ya mapenzi (“love potion”)
- dawa ya meno (“toothpaste”)
- dawa ya mswaki (“toothpaste”)
- dawa ya viatu (“shoe polish”)
- dawa ya wadudu (“insecticide”)
References edit
- Baldi, Sergio (2020 November 30) Dictionary of Arabic Loanwords in the Languages of Central and East Africa (Handbuch der Orientalistik; Erste Abteilung: Der Nahe und der Mittlere Osten; 145), Leiden • Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 109 Nr. 969
Tagalog edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Proto-Austronesian *zawa. Compare Hiligaynon dawa, Cebuano dawa, Puyuma dawa, Waray-Waray dawa, and Tausug dawa. Theorized also to be from Sanskrit यव (yava, “barley; grain; cereal”). See also Diyawa.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
dawà (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜏ)
Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
dawâ (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜏ) (obsolete)
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “dawa”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
Tarifit edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic داوى (dāwa).
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
dawa (Tifinagh spelling ⴷⴰⵡⴰ)
- (transitive) to heal
Conjugation edit
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
Derived terms edit
Tausug edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Austronesian *zawa.
Noun edit
dawa
Welsh edit
Verb edit
dawa
- Soft mutation of tawa.
Mutation edit
Welsh mutation | |||
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radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
tawa | dawa | nhawa | thawa |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Western Apache edit
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dawa
Yoruba edit
Etymology edit
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Noun edit
dáwà