English Online Dictionary. What means wa? What does wa mean?
Translingual
Symbol
wa
- (international standards) ISO 639-1 language code for Walloon.
English
Etymology 1
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Noun
wa
- A traditional proa-style outrigger canoe of the Caroline Islands.
Etymology 2
From Thai วา (waa).
Noun
wa (plural wa)
- A traditional Thai unit of length, approximately two metres.
Etymology 3
From Japanese 和 (wa).
Noun
wa (uncountable)
- In Japanese society, the favouring of a harmonious community over one's personal interests.
Etymology 4
wa
- (stenoscript) Abbreviation of where.
Anagrams
- aw
Afrikaans
Etymology
From Dutch wagen.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /vɑː/
Noun
wa (plural waens, diminutive waentjie)
- wagon
- cart
- automobile, car
Synonyms
- (car): kar
Amele
Noun
wa
- water
References
- John R. Roberts, Amele Organised Phonology Data (1998)
Anguthimri
Noun
wa
- (Mpakwithi) grey hair
References
- Terry Crowley, The Mpakwithi dialect of Anguthimri (1981), page 189
Antillean Creole
Etymology
From French roi.
Noun
wa
- king
Atong (India)
Etymology
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s/p-wa. Cognate with Garo wa (“tooth, tusk”), Jingpho wa (“tooth”), Burmese သွား (swa:), and Tibetan སོ (so).
Noun
wa
- tooth, tusk
References
- van Breugel, Seino. 2015. Atong-English dictionary, second edition. Available online: https://www.academia.edu/487044/Atong_English_Dictionary.
Bambara
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [wà]
Particle
wa
- final interrogative particle on a yes/no question
Baoule
Adverb
wa
- here
Bassa
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [wā]
Pronoun
wa
- they, them
Verb
wa
- to break
References
- Bassa-English Dictionary
- 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.
Bau
Noun
wa
- water
Further reading
- Hans van der Meer, Bau Organized Phonology Data
Butmas-Tur
Noun
wa
- water
References
- Greenhill, S.J., Blust. R, & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271-283.
Canela
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʋa/
Noun
wa
- third-person of xwa
Egyptian
Romanization
wa
- Manuel de Codage transliteration of wꜥ.
Etulo
Verb
wā
- drink
- ḿ wēnî — I drink water
- ḿ wēnī — I drank water
References
- Rose-Juliet Anyanwu, Fundamentals of Phonetics, Phonology and Tonology (2008)
Garo
Alternative forms
- wagam
Etymology
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s/p-wa. Cognate with Jingpho wa (“tooth”), Burmese သွား (swa:), and Tibetan སོ (so).
Noun
wa
- tooth
Gele'
Noun
wa
- water
German
Etymology 1
From dialectal wat (“what”).
Pronunciation 1
- IPA(key): /va/
- (Berlin) IPA(key): [vɐ̠]
Adverb
wa
- (colloquial, regional, parts of northern and central Germany) right?; is it?; is it not?
- Synonyms: gell, ne, nicht, nicht wahr, oder
Pronunciation 2
- IPA(key): /vah/, /vhah/
- IPA(key): [ʋæh], [ʋhæh] (parts of northern Germany)
Particle
wa
- (colloquial, potentially rude) what, huh (expresses that something was extremely hard to understand acoustically or outlandish in content)
- Synonyms: hä, hüä; was
Usage notes
- Also spelled wat. Especially common in Hamburg and western Holstein, where dialects traditionally drop final /t/ (especially after fricatives).
Etymology 2
Pronoun
wa
- (colloquial) Pronunciation spelling of wir.
Gilbertese
Noun
wa
- pirogue
Gun
Etymology
Stemming from the possible Proto-Gbe *bá, Proto-Gbe *vá, Proto-Gbe *wá, or Proto-Gbe *ɓá. Cognates include Fon wá, Saxwe Gbe va, Adja va, Ewe va. Possibly also cognates with Yoruba wá, Itsekiri wá, Olukumi wá
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /wá/
Verb
wá
- to come
Haitian Creole
Alternative forms
- rwa
Etymology
From French roi (“king”).
Noun
wa
- king
See also
- rèn
Japanese
Romanization
wa
- Rōmaji transcription of わ
- Rōmaji transcription of ワ
- Rōmaji transcription of は
- Rōmaji transcription of ハ
- Rōmaji transcription of わっ
- Rōmaji transcription of ワッ
Kapampangan
Interjection
wa
- yes
Antonyms
- ali
Kashubian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *va.
Pronoun
wa
- you (second-person plural)
Declension
Further reading
- “wa”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022
- Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011), “wy”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi
Kumeyaay
Noun
wa
- house
Lorediakarkar
Noun
wa
- water
Mandarin
Romanization
wa (wa5/wa0, Zhuyin ˙ㄨㄚ)
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 哇
wa
- Nonstandard spelling of wā.
- Nonstandard spelling of wá.
- Nonstandard spelling of wǎ.
- Nonstandard spelling of wà.
Usage notes
- Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.
Marshallese
Etymology
From Proto-Micronesian *waxa, from Proto-Oceanic *waga, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *waŋka, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *waŋka. Cognate with Maori waka, Tongan vaka, Hawaiian waʻa.
Pronunciation
- (phonetic) IPA(key): [wɑ]
- (phonemic) IPA(key): /wæɰ/
- Bender phonemes:
Noun
wa
- canoe, ship, boat
- vehicle
References
- Marshallese–English Online Dictionary
Muong
Etymology
From Chinese 花 (MC hˠua). Cognate with Vietnamese hoa.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /waː¹/, [waː¹ ~ βaː¹]
Noun
wa
- (Mường Bi) flower
- Synonym: pông
Northern Ndebele
Etymology
From Proto-Bantu *-gʊ̀a.
Verb
-wa
- to fall
Inflection
This entry needs an inflection-table template.
Northern Sotho
Etymology
From Proto-Bantu *-gʊ̀a.
Verb
wa
- to fall
Oirata
Noun
wa
- pea, bean
Old English
Alternative forms
- wei, wǣ
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *wai, from Proto-Indo-European *wai.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /wɑː/
Noun
wā n
- woe
Declension
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Derived terms
- wā lā wā
Related terms
- wāwa
- wēa
Descendants
- Middle English: wa, wo, woo
- English: woe
- Scots: wa, wae
Old Javanese
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baʀah.
Noun
wa
- ember, glowing coal
Ottawa
Pronoun
wa anim sg (plural niwi, obviative giwi)
- that
References
- Jerry Randolph Valentine (2001) Nishnaabemwin Reference Grammar, University of Toronto, page 123
Panim
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /wæ/
Noun
wa
- water
Further reading
- Panim Talking Dictionary
Phuthi
Etymology
From Proto-Bantu *-gʊ̀a.
Verb
-wa
- to fall
Inflection
This entry needs an inflection-table template.
Polonombauk
Noun
wa
- water
Sa
Noun
wa
- water
Scots
Alternative forms
- waw
Etymology
From Old English weall, ultimately from Latin vallum.
Noun
wa (plural was)
- wall
Verb
wa (third-person singular simple present was, present participle wain, simple past wad, past participle wad)
- to wall
Shark Bay
Noun
wa
- water
Sotho
Etymology
From Proto-Bantu *-gʊ̀a.
Verb
wa
- to fall
Sumerian
Romanization
wa
- Romanization of 𒉿 (wa)
Swahili
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Verb
-wa (infinitive kuwa)
- to be
- (in positive present) to become
- Inakuwa baridi. ― It is getting cold.
- (with specified location) stem of -wapo, -wako, or -wamo
- (with na or a form thereof) stem of -wa na
Conjugation
Etymology 2
Particle
wa
- A class inflected form of -a.
- Wa class inflected form of -a.
Tapayuna
Etymology 1
From Proto-Northern Jê *ba (“I”) < Proto-Cerrado *waj’ (“I”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈwa]
Pronoun
wa
- I (nominative case)
Etymology 2
From Proto-Northern Jê *mba (“liver”) < Proto-Cerrado *mba (“liver”) < Proto-Jê *mba (“liver”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈw̃a]
Noun
wa
- liver
Ternate
Etymology
Shortening of the negation particle ua.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈwa]
Particle
wa
- sentence-final confirmation particle; isn't it?
- Bira moi rai, wa? ― The rice is already finished, right?
- sentence-final that indicates the speaker knows or should know what is being said
- Ngori tonyodi kolano ua, wa. ― I did not see the king, as you know.
References
- Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh
Torres Strait Creole
Adverb
wa
- yes
Tsonga
Etymology
From Proto-Bantu *-gʊ̀a.
Verb
wa
- to fall
Tswana
Etymology
From Proto-Bantu *-gʊ̀a.
Verb
wa
- to fall
Unami
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [wa]
Pronoun
wa
- this (animate)
See also
Venda
Etymology
From Proto-Bantu *-gʊ̀a.
Verb
wa
- to fall
West Flemish
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *hwat, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷod.
Pronoun
wa
- (interrogative) what
West Frisian
Etymology
From Old Frisian hwā, from Proto-West Germanic *hwaʀ.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /vaː/
Pronoun
wa
- who (interrogative)
Derived terms
- wa't
Further reading
- “wa (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
West Makian
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /wa/
Verb
wa
- (intransitive) to stay
Conjugation
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /wa/
Adverb
wa
- also
References
- Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours[1], Pacific linguistics
Xhosa
Etymology
From Proto-Bantu *-gʊ̀a.
Verb
-wa
- (intransitive) to fall
Inflection
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
Yoruba
Alternative forms
- وَ
Etymology 1
Cognate with Igala wa
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /wā/
Determiner
wa
- our (first-person plural possessive pronoun)
See also
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /wà/
Verb
wà
- to be (have a location in space)
Derived terms
Etymology 3
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /wá/
Verb
wá
- come
- Synonym: bọ̀
Etymology 4
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /wá/
Verb
wá
- to look for
Derived terms
Etymology 5
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /wà/
Verb
wà
- to drive
Derived terms
Zacatepec Chatino
Pronoun
wa
- we (exclusive)
Zarma
Noun
wa
- milk
Zay
Etymology
Cognate to Silt'e [script needed] (-wa:).
Conjunction
wa
- and
References
- Initial SLLE Survey of the Zway Area by Klaus Wedekind and Charlotte Wedekind
Zia
Noun
wa
- rain
Zulu
Etymology
From Proto-Bantu *-gʊ̀a.
Verb
-wa
- (intransitive) to fall, to drop
Inflection
Derived terms
- iwa
References
- C. M. Doke; B. W. Vilakazi (1972), “wa”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “wa”