awa

See also: Appendix:Variations of "awa"

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Translingual

Symbol

awa

1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Awadhi.

English

Etymology

From Hawaiian ʻawa.

Noun

awa (uncountable)

1. Kava, specifically Piper methysticum.
   • 1874, Charles Nordhoff, Northern California, Oregon, and the Sandwich Islands‎, New York: Harper & Brothers, page 92:

     The manner of preparing awa is peculiarly disgusting. The root is chewed by women, and the spit out well-chewed mouthfuls into a calabash.

   • 1900, Oliver P. Emerson, “The Awa Habit of the Hawaiians”, in All about Hawaii: The Recognized Book of Authentic Information on Hawaii, Combined with Thrum's Hawaiian Annual and Standard Guide‎, Honolulu: Honolulu Gazette Co., page 131:

     The awa plant is a species of pepper, the piper methysticum of the botanist, and is described as having fleshy stems from two to three feet high.

   • 1911 October 26, Daniel Logan, editor, The Hawaiian Forester and Agriculturist‎, volume 8, Honolulu, Hawaii, page 356:

     The majority say that there is little awa growing wild on Government lands, the bulk of that at present in the market being obtained from cultivated patches.

2. An intoxicating drink made from the kava plant, typically the root.
   • 1900, Oliver P. Emerson, “The Awa Habit of the Hawaiians”, in All about Hawaii: The Recognized Book of Authentic Information on Hawaii, Combined with Thrum's Hawaiian Annual and Standard Guide‎, Honolulu: Honolulu Gazette Co., page 134:

     The Hawaiian gods were supposed to be particularly addicted to the use of awa. Songs were sung in praise of the drink.

   • 1910, S. M. Kanakau, “Ancient Hawaiian Religious Beliefs and Ceremonies”, in Thros. G. Thrum, editor, The Hawaiian Annual for 1911‎, Honolulu: Thros. G. Thrum, page 150:

     When the prayer had finished, the awa was drunk and the sacred feast then began.

Angolar

Etymology

From Portuguese água.

Noun

awa

1. water

References

• Philippe Maurer (1995), L'angolar : un créole afro-portugais parlé à São Tomé : notes de grammaire, textes, vocabulaires (Kreolische Bibliothek; 16) (in French), Hamburg: H. Buske, →ISBN, →OCLC: “awa [HH] eau (ptg. agua). awa boka bave. awa ngairu ruisseau, fleuve. awa ȏngȇ n'na ome sperme. awa rago ~ rogo eau de noix de coco. awa wȇ larme.”

Atong (India)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /awa/

Noun

awa (Bengali script আৱা)

1. father

Synonyms

• baba
• wa•

References

• van Breugel, Seino. 2015. Atong-English dictionary, second edition. Available online: https://www.academia.edu/487044/Atong_English_Dictionary.

Cebuano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: a‧wa

Etymology 1

Unknown

Noun

awa

1. a wild sea dwelling milkfish (Chanos chanos); as opposed to milkfish raised in aquaculture (see usage notes)
2. the Hawaiian ladyfish (Elops hawaiensis)

Usage notes

• Awa, alternatively named inahan sa bangus, mainly refers to the wild milkfish while bangus refer mostly to the cultivated milkfish.

Etymology 2

Short for tan-awa

Interjection

awa

1. look!

Chickasaw

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.wa/

Conjunction

awa

1. and (used only in numerical expressions such as awa chaffa)

Derived terms

• pokkóꞌli awa chaffa
• pokkóꞌli awa chakkáꞌli
• pokkóꞌli awa hannáꞌli
• pokkóꞌli awa ontochchóꞌna
• pokkóꞌli awa ontoklo
• pokkóꞌli awa oshta
• pokkóꞌli awa talhlháꞌpi
• pokkóꞌli awa tochchíꞌna
• pokkóꞌli awa toklo

Descendants

• Mobilian: awa

Chuukese

Etymology

Borrowed from English hour.

Noun

awa

1. hour

Guajajára

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *aβa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈwa/, [aˈʷa]
• Rhymes: -a
• Hyphenation: a‧wa

Noun

awa

1. man

Derived terms

• awakwer
• awanem
• awapihun
• awate

References

• Carl Harrison, Carole Harrison (2013), “awa”, in Dicionário Guajajára-Português (overall work in Portuguese), Anápolis: SIL Brasil, page 16, column 1