See also: uWA and UWA

English edit

Interjection edit

uwa

  1. Alternative form of uwaa.

Apalaí edit

Etymology edit

From Portuguese uva, from Latin uva.

Noun edit

uwa

  1. grape

Hausa edit

Etymology edit

Newman derives this from Proto-Chadic *wəɗi. Blench suggests a derivation from a Plateau Benue-Congo language; compare Ningye Numana uwa (wife), Kanufi uwa (woman), Bu iwa (wife).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ʔú.wáː/
    • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [ʔʊ́.wáː]

Noun edit

uwā f (plural iyā̀yē, possessed form uwar̃)

  1. mother
  2. (in compounds) largest or chief part

Coordinate terms edit

Japanese edit

Romanization edit

uwa

  1. Rōmaji transcription of うわ

Kanufi edit

Noun edit

uwa (plural amba)

  1. woman

References edit

Mapudungun edit

 
Corn (Zea mays).

Noun edit

uwa (Raguileo spelling)

  1. corn, maize

References edit

  • Wixaleyiñ: Mapucezugun-wigkazugun pici hemvlcijka (Wixaleyiñ: Small Mapudungun-Spanish dictionary), Beretta, Marta; Cañumil, Dario; Cañumil, Tulio, 2008.

Matal edit

Etymology edit

Likely from Proto-Chadic *wa (who).[1] Cognate with Hausa wa (who)

Pronoun edit

uwa

  1. (interrogative) who
    Uwa avà à ka tetəvi kà maɗàh sləray uwanay uwa?" (Mark 11:28)[2]
    Who gave you this authority that you do these things? (Mark 11:28)
    Uwa asla à tsəhay dza uwanay, atugw mawisiga lakəl aŋa Zəzagəla uwa? (Luke 5:21)[3]
    Who is this man who speaks blasphemies? (Luke 5:21)

References edit

  1. ^ Newman, Paul (1977) Chadic Classification and Reconstructions (Afroasiatic Linguistics; 5)‎[1], number 1, Malibu: Undena
  2. ^ http://listen.bible.is/MFHWYI/Mark/11#28
  3. ^ http://listen.bible.is/MFHWYI/Luke/5#21

Pitjantjatjara edit

Adverb edit

uwa

  1. yes

Verb edit

uwa

  1. imperative (command) form of unganyi
    1. give!

Quechua edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Spanish uva.

Noun edit

uwa

  1. grape

Declension edit

Vilamovian edit

Pronunciation edit

  • (file)

Etymology 1 edit

Inherited from Middle High German oven, from Old High German ofan, from Proto-West Germanic *ofn, from Proto-Germanic *uhnaz.

Noun edit

uwa m

  1. oven

Etymology 2 edit

Inherited from Middle High German oben, obene, from Old High German obana, from Proto-West Germanic *obanā, from Proto-Germanic *ubanē.

Adverb edit

uwa

  1. in advance

Wolio edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *quban, from Proto-Austronesian *qubaN.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

uwa

  1. gray hair

References edit

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

Yoruba edit

Alternative forms edit

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

ùwà

  1. (Ondo) Alternative form of ùghà (palace, throne, royal courtyard)