bawa

See also: Bawa, ɓawa, and baŵa

Garawa

Noun

bawa

  1. older sibling

References
  • Ilana Mushin, A Grammar of (Western) Garrwa (2012)

Hausa

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /báː.wàː/
    • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [báː.wàː]

Noun

bāwā̀ m (feminine bâiwā, plural bāyī, possessed form bāwàn)

  1. slave

Derived terms

Indonesian

Etymology

From Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), from Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), which was first attested in the Kedukan Bukit inscription, 683AD with the Old Malay mava in inflected form mamāwa, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baba, from Proto-Austronesian *baba. Compare to Old Javanese wawa (“to bring, to carry”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈbä.wä]
  • Hyphenation: ba‧wa

Verb

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

  1. to carry

Conjugation
Conjugation of bawa (meng-, transitive)
Root Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
Active Involuntary Passive Imperative Jussive
Active membawa terbawa dibawa Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) bawalah
Locative membawai terbawai dibawai bawai bawailah
Causative / Applicative1 membawakan terbawakan dibawakan bawakan bawakanlah
Causative
Active memperbawa terperbawa diperbawa perbawa perbawalah
Locative memperbawai terperbawai diperbawai perbawai perbawailah
Causative / Applicative1 memperbawaikan terperbawakan diperbawakan perbawakan perbawakanlah
1The -kan row is either causative or applicative, with transitive roots it mostly has applicative meaning.
Notes:
Some of these forms do normally not exist or are rarely used in standard Indonesian. Some forms may also change meaning.

Derived terms
  • bawaan
  • berbawaan
  • berpembawaan
  • membawa
  • membawa-bawa
  • membawakan
  • pembawa
  • pembawaan
  • sepembawa
  • terbawa
  • terbawa-bawa

Further reading

Kavalan

Noun

bawa

  1. boat

Makasar

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baqbaq.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈbawa]

Noun

bawa (Lontara spelling ᨅᨓ)

  1. (anatomy) mouth

Malay

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baba, from Proto-Austronesian *baba. Compare to Old Javanese wawa (“to bring, to carry”).

First attested in the Kedukan Bukit inscription, 683AD, as Old Malay [script needed] (mava) in inflected form mamāwa.

Pronunciation
  • (Johor-Selangor) IPA(key): /bawə/, /bawa/, /bawaʔ/
  • (Riau-Lingga) IPA(key): /bawa/, /bawə/, /bawaʔ/
  • Audio (MY)(file)
  • Rhymes: -a

Verb

bawa (Jawi spelling باوا‎)

  1. to carry.
  2. to take or lead someone to a certain place.
    Tolong bawa saya ke sana.
    Please take me there.
  3. to cause something.
  4. to involve into a certain event.
  5. (informal) to drive a vehicle
    Bawa elok-elok kereta di jalan.
    Drive the car carefully on the road.

Further reading

Maranao

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baba.

Verb

bawa

  1. to carry (as on the back)

Southern Ndebele

Verb

-bawa?

  1. to request, to ask

Inflection

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Swahili

Pronunciation
  • Audio (Kenya)(file)

Noun

bawa (ma class, plural mabawa)

  1. Alternative form of ubawa

Tagalog

Pronunciation
  • Hyphenation: ba‧wa
  • IPA(key): /ˈbawa/, [ˈba.wɐ]

Noun

bawa (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜏ)

  1. diminution; mitigation

Derived terms
  • bawahan
  • magbawa
  • magpabawa
  • makabawa
  • makapagpabawa
  • pagbabawa
  • pagbawahin
  • pagpapabawa
  • papagbawahin
  • walang-bawa

Determiner

bawa (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜏ) (obsolete)

  1. each; every
    Synonyms: bawat, kada

See also

Further reading
  • “bawa”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

Ternate

Etymology

From Malay bawang.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈba.wa]

Noun

bawa

  1. onion

References
  • Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

Waskia

Noun

bawa

  1. brother

References
  • Corinna Handschuh, A typology of marked-S languages
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