twa

See also: TWA, Twa, twå, twą, ƫwa, and -twa

Gothic

Romanization

twa

1. Romanization of 𐍄𐍅𐌰

Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French trois.

Numeral

twa

1. three

Lingala

Verb

twa

1. to spit

Louisiana Creole

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /twa/

Pronoun

twa (second person singular objective pronoun)

1. (informal) you.

Related terms

• to

Mauritian Creole

Etymology

From French toi.

Pronoun

twa (nominative to)

1. You. (second-person singular objective personal pronoun)

See also

Mauritian Creole personal pronouns

			singular	plural
1st person			mo mwa (objective)	nou
2nd person			to (informal), ou (formal) twa (objective)	zot
3rd person			li	zot, bann-la

Middle English

Numeral

twa

1. (Northern ME, Early ME) Alternative form of two

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /twɑː/

Numeral

twā

1. nominative/accusative feminine/neuter of twēġen

Descendants

• Middle English: two, tuo, (Early ME, Northern ME) twa
  • English: two
  • Scots: twa, twae

Old Frisian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtwaː/

Numeral

twā

1. nominative or accusative feminine of twēne
2. nominative or accusative neuter of twēne

References

• Bremmer, Rolf H. (2009) An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tfa/

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: twa

Pronoun

twa

1. (chiefly literary) Alternative form of twoja

Further reading

• twa in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Scots

Alternative forms

• twae

Etymology

From Middle English twa, northern form of two.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /twɑː/, /twɔː/
• (Southern) IPA^(key): /tweː/
• (Northern, Insular) IPA^(key): /twaː/

Numeral

cardinal number

2	Previous:	ane
	Next:	three

twa

1. two

Related terms

• twal
• twinty

West Frisian

West Frisian cardinal numbers

<  1	2	3  >
Cardinal : twa     Ordinal : twadde

Etymology

From Old Frisian twā.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tva/

Numeral

twa

1. two

Further reading

• “twa”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011