Alangan edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lawaq.

Noun edit

lawà

  1. spider

Bikol Central edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lawaq.

Pronunciation edit

  • Hyphenation: la‧wa
  • IPA(key): /ˈlawaʔ/, [ˈl̪a.waʔ]

Noun edit

lawà

  1. spider

Brunei Malay edit

Adjective edit

lawa

  1. beautiful

Antonyms edit

Butuanon edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lawaq.

Noun edit

lawa

  1. spider

Chickasaw edit

Etymology edit

Cognate with Choctaw lawa (many, much), Koasati lawa (many).

Pronoun edit

lawa

  1. a lot

Verb edit

lawa (active, in/transitive)

  1. (intransitive) to be many
  2. (intransitive) to be a lot
  3. (intransitive) to be a bunch
  4. (transitive) to be a lot in (a place)

Inflection edit

Choctaw edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Cognate with Koasati lawa (many)

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /laˈwa(h)/
  • Transcription: lawah

Adjective edit

lawa

  1. many. much
  2. a lot of
  3. too much

Fijian edit

Noun edit

lawa

  1. net, fishing net
  2. snare

Verb edit

lawa (lawa-vaka, lawavaka)

  1. to ambush (in war)

lawa (lawa-na, lawana)

  1. (transitive) to accuse (on suspicion alone)

Higaonon edit

Etymology 1 edit

Akin to Western Bukidnon Manobo lawa.

Noun edit

lawa

  1. body

Etymology 2 edit

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lawaq. Akin to Cebuano lawalawa.

Noun edit

lawa

  1. spider

Iban edit

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

lawa

  1. beautiful, good-looking, pretty
    Synonym: bajik
    Lawa amat indu nya!
    That lady is so beautiful!
  2. arrogant

Indonesian edit

 
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Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /la.wa/
  • Rhymes: -la
  • Hyphenation: la‧wa

Etymology 1 edit

Borrowed from Makasar [Term?] and Buginese [Term?].

Noun edit

lawa (plural lawa-lawa, first-person possessive lawaku, second-person possessive lawamu, third-person possessive lawanya)

  1. (cooking) salad
    Synonym: urap
  2. (cooking) Buginese dish made from raw fish or banana blossoms, mixed with grated or fried coconut, spices, and vinegar
Derived terms edit

Etymology 2 edit

Unknown, inherited from Malay lawa (board), probably from Old Javanese lawa (fragment, piece), from Sanskrit लव (lava).

Noun edit

lawa (plural lawa-lawa, first-person possessive lawaku, second-person possessive lawamu, third-person possessive lawanya)

  1. (archaic) crossbar on boats and so on
  2. (archaic) barrier, obstacle
    Synonym: rintangan
  3. (archaic) roadblock
Derived terms edit

Etymology 3 edit

inherited from Malay lawa (beautiful).

Adjective edit

lawa

  1. beautiful
    Synonym: indah
Derived terms edit

Further reading edit

Javanese edit

Romanization edit

lawa

  1. Romanization of ꦭꦮ

Kagayanen edit

Noun edit

lawa

  1. (anatomy) body

Lindu edit

Noun edit

lawa

  1. hindrance; obstacle

Lower Sorbian edit

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

lawa

  1. genitive singular of law
  2. accusative singular of law
  3. nominative dual of law

Malay edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /lawa/
    • Note: Unlike in many other words in Johor-Riau Malay that end with an /a/, the word-final /a/ in this word is not realized as a schwa [ə].
  • Rhymes: -wa, -a

Adjective edit

lawa (Jawi spelling لاوا)

  1. beautiful
    Synonyms: cantik, molek
    Lawanya perempuan itu!
    That girl is so beautiful!

Affixations edit

Descendants edit

  • > Indonesian: lawa (inherited)

Further reading edit

Mansaka edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lawaq.

Noun edit

lawa

  1. spider

Masbatenyo edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lawaq.

Noun edit

lawà

  1. spider

Old Javanese edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Sanskrit लव (lava).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

lawa

  1. fragment, piece
  2. minute of time

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • >? Malay: lawa
    • > Indonesian: lawa (inherited)

Further reading edit

  • "lawa" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

Polish edit

 
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lawa

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Italian lava.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈla.va/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ava
  • Syllabification: la‧wa

Noun edit

lawa f

  1. lava (molten rock ejected by a volcano from its crater or fissured sides)

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

adjective

Further reading edit

  • lawa in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • lawa in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Quechua edit

Noun edit

lawa

  1. a gruel made flour, water, and salt; sometimes prepared with maize

Declension edit

Ratagnon edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lawaq.

Noun edit

lawa

  1. spider

Swazi edit

Etymology edit

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronoun edit

lawa

  1. those over there, yonder; class 6 remote demonstrative.

Tagakaulu Kalagan edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lawaq.

Noun edit

lawa

  1. spider

Tagalog edit

Alternative forms edit

Pronunciation edit

  • Hyphenation: la‧wa
  • IPA(key): /ˈlawaʔ/, [ˈla.wɐʔ]

Etymology 1 edit

From Western Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *rawaq (swamp; morass). Cognate with Javanese ꦫꦮ (rawa), Indonesian, and Malay rawa / rawah (marsh).

Noun edit

lawà (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜏ)

  1. lake; lagoon
    Synonyms: dagat-dagatan, pulilan, laguna, danaw, lanaw
  2. any small flooded area
    Synonym: sanaw
Derived terms edit

Adjective edit

lawà (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜏ)

  1. (figurative) flooded; covered with water
    Synonym: sanaw

Etymology 2 edit

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lawaq. Doublet of alalawa. Compare Bikol Central lawa, Butuanon lawa, and Waray-Waray lawa.

Noun edit

lawà (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜏ)

  1. (dialectal, Quezon, Marinduque) spider
    Synonyms: gagamba, alalawa, lawa-lawa, (uncommon) aranya

Further reading edit

  • lawa”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

Tausug edit

Etymology 1 edit

Unknown.

Noun edit

lawa

  1. left hand, foot or limb
    Napukul in lawa niya.
    His left hand was amputated.
  2. left side
Antonyms edit

Etymology 2 edit

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lawaq.

Noun edit

lawa

  1. spider

Tok Pisin edit

Etymology edit

From Malay labah-labah.

Noun edit

lawa

  1. spider

Waray-Waray edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lawaq.

Noun edit

lawà

  1. spider

West Makian edit

Pronunciation edit

IPA(key): /ˈl̪a.wa/

Noun edit

lawa

  1. a door

References edit

  • Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours[1], Pacific linguistics

Western Bukidnon Manobo edit

Etymology edit

Akin to Higaonon lawa.

Noun edit

lawa

  1. body

Xhosa edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronoun edit

lawa

  1. those over there, yonder; class 6 remote demonstrative.