yawa
See also: yaŵa
Cebuano edit
Etymology edit
Akin to Hiligaynon yawa.
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: ya‧wa
- (General Cebuano) IPA(key): /ˈjawaʔ/, [ˈja.wʌʔ]
- (Bohol, Southern Leyte) IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒawaʔ/, [ˈd͡ʒa.wʌʔ]
Noun edit
yawà
- (theology) devil
- Synonym: diyablo
- (theology) Devil
- Synonym: diyablo
- imp
- (religion) evil entity
- (religion) malevolence; wickedness
Adjective edit
yawà
Interjection edit
yawà!
- (vulgar) Term of abuse
Derived terms edit
Anagrams edit
Chamicuro edit
Noun edit
yawa
Hausa edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
yawā̀ m (possessed form yawàn)
References edit
- Newman, Paul (2007) A Hausa-English Dictionary (Yale Language Series), New Haven, London: Yale University Press, →ISBN, page 225.
Hiligaynon edit
Etymology edit
Compare Cebuano yawa. From Nagmalitong Yawa Sinagmaling Diwata, a goddess in the Suludnon epic Hinilawod, according to F. Landa Jocano.
Noun edit
yawà
Interjection edit
yawà!
- (vulgar) term of abuse
Derived terms edit
References edit
- John Kaufmann (1934) Visayan-English Dictionary[1] (overall work in Hiligaynon and English), page 538
Masbatenyo edit
Noun edit
yawa
Old Javanese edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Borrowed from Sanskrit यव (yava, “barley”).
Noun edit
yawa
Etymology 2 edit
Unknown
Noun edit
yawa
Alternative forms edit
Further reading edit
- "yawa" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.