fwa

See also: FWA

Translingual

Symbol

fwa

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Fwâi.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Fwâi terms

Bemba

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *-kúa (“to die”), from Proto-Atlantic-Congo *kwwú- (“to die”).

Verb

-fwa (infinitive ukufwa)

1. to die
2. to be out of order

Derived terms

• -fwila

References

• Reverend E. Hoch (1998), Bemba - English/English - Bemba‎, Hippocrene Books, page 33

Haitian Creole

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fwa/

Etymology 1

From French foie (“liver”).

Noun

fwa

1. liver

Etymology 2

From French fois.

Noun

fwa

1. time

Kituba

Etymology

Borrowed from Kongo fwa.

Verb

fwa

1. to die

Kongo

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *-kúa (“to die”), from Proto-Atlantic-Congo *kwwú- (“to die”).

Verb

fwa

1. to die

Derived terms

• fuwa (“passive form of "fwa"”)

References

• William Holman Bentley (1887), Dictionary and Grammar of the Kongo Language, as spoken at San Salvador, the Ancient Capital of the Old Kongo Empire, West Africa‎, Baptist Missionary Society, pages 56, 280

Kumak

Noun

fwa

1. hole, opening

References

• I. Bril, Dictionnaire Nelemwa-Nixumwak (2000)
• Pavol Štekauer, Salvador Valera, Lívia Kőrtvélyessy, Word-Formation in the World's Languages: A Typological Survey (2012)

Luba-Kasai

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *-kúa (“to die”), from Proto-Atlantic-Congo *kwwú- (“to die”).

Verb

fwa

1. to die

Mauritian Creole

Etymology

From French fois.

Noun

fwa

1. time (an instance of something happening)

Usage notes

Used to form the adverbials of numbers that do not have lexical adverbial forms. For example, once is enn fwa.

Nsenga

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *-kúa (“to die”), from Proto-Atlantic-Congo *kwwú- (“to die”).

Verb

-fwa (infinitive kufwa)

1. to die

Derived terms

• imfwa (“death”)

References

• The Bible Society of Zambia, Chinsenga New Testament, 2015

Nyamwanga

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *-kúa (“to die”), from Proto-Atlantic-Congo *kwwú- (“to die”).

Verb

-fwa (infinitive ukufwa)

1. to die

Derived terms

• imfwa (“death”)

References

• Bible Society of Zambia, WAKALATA WANO WALI, 1982

Tumbuka

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *-kúa (“to die”), from Proto-Atlantic-Congo *kwwú- (“to die”).

Verb

-fwa (infinitive kufwa)

1. to die.

Derived terms

• -fwila (“to die on someone's behalf”)
• nyifwa (“death”)

References

• Wm. Y. Turner, Tumbuka/Tonga-English and English-Tumbuka/Tonga Dictionary, 1996