pawa

See also: pawā

English

Noun

pawa (plural pawas)

  1. (New Zealand) An edible univalve mollusc of the genus Haliotis, having a shell lined with mother-of-pearl.
    • 1912, Katherine Mansfield, The Woman at the Store, from "Selected Short Stories"
      One little patch was divided off by pawa shells […]

Synonyms

Translations

Anagrams

Anguthimri

Noun

pawa

  1. (Mpakwithi) egg

References
  • Terry Crowley, The Mpakwithi dialect of Anguthimri (1981), page 187

Chamicuro

Noun

pawa

  1. field

Lower Sorbian

Etymology

From paw (“peacock”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈpawa/

Noun

pawa f

  1. peahen

Declension
Declension of pawa
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative pawa pawje pawy
Genitive pawy pawowu pawow
Dative pawje pawoma pawam
Accusative pawu pawje pawy
Instrumental pawu pawoma pawami
Locative pawje pawoma pawach

Noun

pawa

  1. inflection of paw:
    1. genitive/accusative singular
    2. nominative dual

Further reading
  • Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928), “pawa”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
  • Starosta, Manfred (1999), “pawa”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *pāwô, from Latin pāvō.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈpɑː.wɑ/

Noun

pāwa m

  1. peacock
    • c. 1000, The Wonders of the East
      Fēnixas habbaþ cambas on hēafde swā pāwan.
      Phoenixes have crests on their head like peacocks.

Declension
Declension of pawa (weak)
Case Singular Plural
nominative pāwa pāwan
accusative pāwan pāwan
genitive pāwan pāwena
dative pāwan pāwum

Swahili

Pronunciation
  • Audio (Kenya)(file)

Verb

-pawa (infinitive kupawa)

  1. (dialectal or archaic) Passive form of -pa

Conjugation
Conjugation of -pawa
Positive present -napawa
Subjunctive -pawe
Negative -pawi
Imperative singular pawa
Infinitives
Positive kupawa
Negative kutopawa
Imperatives
Singular pawa
Plural paweni
Tensed forms
Habitual hupawa
Positive past positive subject concord + -lipawa
Negative past negative subject concord + -kupawa
Positive present (positive subject concord + -napawa)
Singular Plural
1st person ninapawa/napawa tunapawa
2nd person unapawa mnapawa
3rd person m-wa(I/II) anapawa wanapawa
other classes positive subject concord + -napawa
Negative present (negative subject concord + -pawi)
Singular Plural
1st person sipawi hatupawi
2nd person hupawi hampawi
3rd person m-wa(I/II) hapawi hawapawi
other classes negative subject concord + -pawi
Positive future positive subject concord + -tapawa
Negative future negative subject concord + -tapawa
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -pawe)
Singular Plural
1st person nipawe tupawe
2nd person upawe mpawe
3rd person m-wa(I/II) apawe wapawe
other classes positive subject concord + -pawe
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sipawe
Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngepawa
Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singepawa
Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalipawa
Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalipawa
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -apawa)
Singular Plural
1st person napawa twapawa
2nd person wapawa mwapawa
3rd person m-wa(I/II) apawa wapawa
m-mi(III/IV) wapawa yapawa
ji-ma(V/VI) lapawa yapawa
ki-vi(VII/VIII) chapawa vyapawa
n(IX/X) yapawa zapawa
u(XI) wapawa see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) kwapawa
pa(XVI) papawa
mu(XVIII) mwapawa
Perfect positive subject concord + -mepawa
"Already" positive subject concord + -meshapawa
"Not yet" negative subject concord + -japawa
"If/When" positive subject concord + -kipawa
"If not" positive subject concord + -sipopawa
Consecutive kapawa / positive subject concord + -kapawa
Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kapawe
Object concord (indicative positive)
Singular Plural
1st person -nipawa -tupawa
2nd person -kupawa -wapawa/-kupaweni/-wapaweni
3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mpawa -wapawa
m-mi(III/IV) -upawa -ipawa
ji-ma(V/VI) -lipawa -yapawa
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kipawa -vipawa
n(IX/X) -ipawa -zipawa
u(XI) -upawa see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kupawa
pa(XVI) -papawa
mu(XVIII) -mupawa
Reflexive -jipawa
Relative forms
General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -pawa- + relative marker)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -pawaye -pawao
m-mi(III/IV) -pawao -pawayo
ji-ma(V/VI) -pawalo -pawayo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -pawacho -pawavyo
n(IX/X) -pawayo -pawazo
u(XI) -pawao see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -pawako
pa(XVI) -pawapo
mu(XVIII) -pawamo
Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -pawa)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -yepawa -opawa
m-mi(III/IV) -opawa -yopawa
ji-ma(V/VI) -lopawa -yopawa
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chopawa -vyopawa
n(IX/X) -yopawa -zopawa
u(XI) -opawa see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kopawa
pa(XVI) -popawa
mu(XVIII) -mopawa
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English power.

Noun

pawa

  1. power
  2. strength
  3. electricity

Yindjibarndi

Noun

pawa

  1. water

References
  • Frank J. F. Wordick, The Yindjibarndi Language (1982)
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