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waa

See also: Appendix:Variations of "waa"

English

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Etymology 1

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Pronunciation

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Interjection

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waa

  1. The sound of a baby crying.
    • 2018 August 16, Marina Hyde, “Sorry to break it to you, far-righters: James Bond is not on your team”, in The Guardian‎[1]:
      I don’t see one of your lot getting it done, Richard. Waa waa waa, people are trying to replace us. Waa waa waa, can we stop for Cheetos.
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Etymology 2

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Noun

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waa (plural waa)

  1. Alternative form of wa (“Thai unit of length”)

Anagrams

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Alaba

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Noun

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waa

  1. water

References

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  • Joachim Crass, Das K'abeena: deskriptive Grammatik einer hochlandostkuschitischen Sprache (2005)

Alemannic German

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Pronoun

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waa

  1. Alternative form of waas

Burji

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Etymology

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From Proto-Cushitic. Cognates include Alaba waa, Hadiyya wo'o and Sidamo waa.

Noun

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wáa

  1. water

Further reading

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  • Roba Dame, Charlotte Wedekind, Burji Dictionary (2008)
  • Hans-Jürgen Sasse, An Etymological Dictionary of Burji, Kuschitische Sprachstudien 1 (1982, Hamburg, Hemut Buske Verlag)

Djadjawurrung

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Noun

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waa

  1. Corvus coronoides raven

Gamilaraay

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Pronunciation

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Interjection

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waa

  1. expression of praise

Noun

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waa

  1. pendant

References

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  • (2003) Gamilaraay Yuwaalaraay Yuwaalayaay Dictionary
  • (2015) Ma Gamilaraay

Garo

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Etymology

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Ultimately from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *k/r/s-wa

Verb

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waa (intransitive)

  1. to rain

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References

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  • Burling, R. (2003) The Language of the Modhupur Mandi (Garo) Vol. II: The Lexicon‎[2], Bangladesh: University of Michigan, page 363

Kaurna

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Pronunciation

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Adverb

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waa

  1. where

Nzadi

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Noun

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wàá (plural mǎn)

  1. village

Further reading

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  • Crane, Thera, Larry Hyman, Simon Nsielanga Tukumu (2011) A grammar of Nzadi [B.865]: a Bantu language of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, →ISBN

Ojibwe

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Particle

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waa

  1. my! (exclamation)

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Sidamo

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Etymology

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From Proto-Cushitic. Cognates include Alaba waa, Burji waa and Hadiyya wo'o.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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waa m 

  1. water

References

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  • Kazuhiro Kawachi (2007) A grammar of Sidaama (Sidamo), a Cushitic language of Ethiopia, page 81
  • Gizaw Shimelis, editor (2007), “wa”, in Sidaama-Amharic-English dictionary, Addis Ababa: Sidama Information and Culture department

Siuslaw

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Verb

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waa

  1. to speak

Somali

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Particle

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waa

  1. Topic marker which draws attention to the verb.

Usage notes

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Placed before the verb; does not change normal word order.

Wathaurong

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Etymology

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

Noun

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waa

  1. raven

Wolio

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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waa

  1. fire

References

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  • Anceaux, Johannes C. (1987) Wolio Dictionary (Wolio-English-Indonesian) / Kamus Bahasa Wolio (Wolio-Inggeris-Indonesia), Dordrecht: Foris

Yoruba

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Pronunciation

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Contraction

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wàá

  1. Contraction of ìwọ á (“you'll”).
    Wàá dàgbà, wàá dogbó.
    You shall grow up, you shall grow old.

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