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See also: uWA, and UWA

English

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Interjection

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uwa

  1. Alternative form of uwaa.

Apalaí

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Etymology

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From Portuguese uva, from Latin uva.

Noun

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uwa

  1. grape

Hausa

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Etymology

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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).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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uwā f (plural iyā̀yē, possessed form uwar̃)

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

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Japanese

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Romanization

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uwa

  1. Rōmaji transcription of うわ

Kanufi

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Noun

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uwa (plural amba)

  1. woman

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Mapudungun

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Corn (Zea mays).

Noun

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uwa (Raguileo spelling)

  1. corn, maize

References

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

Matal

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Etymology

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

Pronoun

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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)

References

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  1. ^ Newman, Paul (1977) Chadic Classification and Reconstructions (Afroasiatic Linguistics; 5)‎[1], number 1, Malibu: Undena
  2. ^ http://listen.bible.is/MFHWYI/Mark/11#28
  3. ^ http://listen.bible.is/MFHWYI/Luke/5#21

Pitjantjatjara

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Adverb

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uwa

  1. yes

Verb

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uwa

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

Quechua

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Spanish uva.

Noun

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uwa

  1. grape

Declension

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Vilamovian

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Etymology 1

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

Noun

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uwa m

  1. oven

Etymology 2

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

Adverb

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uwa

  1. in advance

Wolio

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Etymology

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

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Noun

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uwa

  1. gray hair

References

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

Yoruba

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Alternative forms

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Noun

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ùwà

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