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wasa

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Balinese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /wasə/
  • Hyphenation: wa‧sa

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Old Javanese waśa (power, force; dominion), from Sanskrit वश (vaśa, authority, power). Cognate to Indonesian kuasa (power, authority).

Noun

wasa (Balinese script ᬯᬰ)

  1. power, authority

Etymology 2

From Sanskrit वास (vāsa).

Noun

wasa (Balinese script ᬯᬵᬲ)

  1. staying

Fijian

Etymology

From Proto-Central Pacific *wasa (compare Samoan vasa).

Noun

wasa

  1. sea

Hausa

Pronunciation

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

Noun

wā̀sā m (plural wā̀sànnī, possessed form wā̀san)

  1. sport, game

Iranun

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ma-)basəq.

Adjective

wasa

  1. wet

Javanese

Romanization

wasa

  1. romanization of ꦮꦱ

Maguindanao

Etymology

From basa, compare Mansaka basa.

Verb

wasa

  1. to wet

Quechua

Noun

wasa

  1. back (body part)

Declension

More information singular, plural ...
More information ñuqap (my), singular ...
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Ye'kwana

More information ALIV, Brazilian standard ...

Pronunciation

Noun

wasa (possessed wasadü)

  1. mane; thick, unruly hair

References

  • Cáceres, Natalia (2011), “wasa”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana, Lyon

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