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fwa

See also: FWA

Bemba edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Bantu *-kúa.

Verb edit

fwa

  1. to die

Haitian Creole edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

From French foie (“liver”).

Noun edit

fwa

  1. liver

Etymology 2 edit

From French fois.

Noun edit

fwa

  1. time

Kituba edit

Verb edit

fwa

  1. to die

Kumak edit

Noun edit

fwa

  1. hole, opening

References edit

  • I. Bril, Dictionnaire Nelemwa-Nixumwak (2000)
  • Pavol Štekauer, Salvador Valera, Lívia Kőrtvélyessy, Word-Formation in the World's Languages: A Typological Survey (2012)

Luba-Kasai edit

Verb edit

fwa

  1. to die

Mauritian Creole edit

Etymology edit

From French fois.

Noun edit

fwa

  1. time (an instance of something happening)

Usage notes edit

Used to form the adverbials of numbers that do not have lexical adverbial forms. For example, once is enn fwa.

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