xwa

Bassa

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [xʷā]

Noun

xwa

1. (anatomy) hand

References

• Bassa-English Dictionary
• 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.

Canela

Etymology

From Proto-Northern Jê *ĵwa (“tooth”) < Proto-Cerrado *jwa (“tooth”) < Proto-Jê *jô (“tooth”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ɕʋa/

Noun

xwa

1. tooth

   Wa apu ixwa gyj.

   I grind my teeth.

   Rop wa japrãr to mõ.

   The dog is going along showing its teeth.

Tarifit

Etymology

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic خوا, from Arabic خوى.

Verb

xwa (Tifinagh spelling ⵅⵡⴰ)

1. (transitive) to empty, to evacuate
2. (transitive) to abandon, to leave

Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

• Causative: sexwa (“to dispel, to evict”)
  • Verbal noun: asexwi
• řexwa (“emptiness”)
• ixwa (“empty”)