uwa

uwa

1. Alternative form of uwaa.

From Portuguese uva, from Latin uva.

uwa

1. grape

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”).

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

uwā f (plural iyā̀yē, possessed form uwar̃)

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

• ùbā

uwa

1. Rōmaji transcription of うわ

uwa (plural amba)

1. woman

• Roger Blench, The Anib (=Kanufi) language of Central Nigeria and its affinities, page 3, 2011

uwa (Raguileo spelling)

1. corn, maize

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

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

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)

uwa

1. yes

uwa

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

Borrowed from Spanish uva.

uwa

1. grape

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

uwa m

1. oven

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

uwa

1. in advance

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

• IPA^(key): /uʋa/

uwa

1. gray hair

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

• ụ̀à (Èkìtì)
• ùghà (Ọ̀wọ̀)

• IPA^(key): /ù.wà/

ùwà

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