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sawa

Asi edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Philippine *sawa, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sawa.

Noun edit

sawa

  1. snake

Bikol Central edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Proto-Philippine *sawa, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sawa (cf. Cebuano sawa, Indonesian sawa, Malay sawa, Tagalog sawa).

Pronunciation edit

  • Hyphenation: sa‧wa
  • IPA(key): /saˈwa/, [saˈwa]

Noun edit

sawá

  1. python; boa constrictor

Etymology 2 edit

From Proto-Philippine *sawəqaq, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sawəqaq (“eat too much, bored”).

Pronunciation edit

  • Hyphenation: sa‧wa
  • IPA(key): /ˈsawaʔ/, [ˈsa.waʔ]

Adjective edit

sawà

  1. bored; fed up; sick and tired
    Synonyms: suya, umoy
    Sawa na ako sa mga kalokohan ninda.
    I'm all fed up with their nonsense.
Derived terms edit

Cebuano edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Philippine *sawa, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sawa (cf. Bikol Central sawa, Indonesian sawa, Malay sawa, Tagalog sawa).

Pronunciation edit

  • Hyphenation: sa‧wa
  • IPA(key): /saˈwa/, [s̪ʌˈwa]

Noun edit

sawá

  1. the reticulated python (Malayapython reticulatus)
  2. (colloquial) any large snake

Chamicuro edit

Adjective edit

sawa

  1. wet, moist

Dutch edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Borrowing from Malay sawah.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈsaː.ʋaː/
  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: sa‧wa

Noun edit

sawa m (plural sawa's)

  1. rice paddy

Derived terms edit

Garo edit

Pronoun edit

sawa

  1. who
    Na·a sako nikaha?
    Who did you see?

Verb edit

sawa

  1. to be who
    Na·a sawa?
    Who are you?

Japanese edit

Romanization edit

sawa

  1. Rōmaji transcription of さわ

Kagayanen edit

Noun edit

sawa

  1. spouse

Kinaray-a edit

Etymology edit

Compare Asi sawa (“snake”).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

sawa

  1. snake

Koasati edit

Noun edit

sawa

  1. raccoon

Lele (Guinea) edit

Numeral edit

sawa

  1. three

Ngazidja Comorian edit

Adjective edit

sawa (invariable)

  1. same
  2. identical

Derived terms edit

References edit

  • “sawa” in Outils & Ressources pour l'Exploitation de la Langue Comorienne, 2008.

Swahili edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Arabic سَوَاء (sawāʔ).

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

sawa (invariable)

  1. equal
    Yeye ni mnene sawa na mimi.
    S/He is as fat as I am.

Interjection edit

sawa

  1. okay

Derived terms edit

Tagalog edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Proto-Philippine *sawa, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sawa (cf. Bikol Central sawa, Cebuano sawa, Indonesian sawa, Malay sawa).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

sawá (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜏ)

  1. boa constrictor
    Synonym: manlilingkis
  2. python, esp. the reticulated python
  3. any large snake that crushes its prey
Derived terms edit

Etymology 2 edit

From Proto-Philippine *sawəqaq, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sawəqaq (“eat too much, bored”) (cf. Cebuano saw-a, Kapampangan sawa).

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

sawâ (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜏ)

  1. fed up; having lost interest in
    Sawa na ako sa mga kalokohan nila.
    I'm all fed up by their nonsense.
  2. satiated; surfeited; sated
    Synonym: suya
Derived terms edit
See also edit

Noun edit

sawà (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜏ)

  1. condition of being fed up or having lost interest
    Synonyms: suya, pagkasuya
  2. satiety; surfeit; overindulgence in food or drink
Derived terms edit

Further reading edit

  • “sawa”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

West Makian edit

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

sawa

  1. Alternative form of saawa (“goanna”)

References edit

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