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dawa

See also: da'wa and Dawa

English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Swahili dawa (“medicine”).

Noun

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dawa (plural dawas)

  1. (East Africa) A medicine, particularly a native one or one used by witch doctors.
  2. (Kenya) A cocktail made with vodka, honey, and lime juice.

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Bikol Central

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈdawaʔ/ [ˈd̪a.waʔ]
  • Hyphenation: da‧wa

Conjunction

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dawà (Basahan spelling ᜇᜏ)

  1. even if; even so; even though; although
    Synonym: maski

Cebuano

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Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: da‧wa
  • IPA(key): /ˈdawa/ [ˈd̪a.wɐ]

Noun

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dáwa (Badlit spelling ᜇᜏ)

  1. millet
    Synonym: kabog

Hausa

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Etymology 1

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Pronunciation

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

Noun

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dāwā̀ f (plural dāwōyī, possessed form dāwàr̃)

  1. sorghum

Etymology 2

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /dá.wà/
    • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [də́.wə̀]

Noun

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dawà m (possessed form dawàn)

  1. the bush, the forest
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Iraqw

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Noun

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dawa m (plural dabee f)

  1. hand, arm
  2. instrument, custom, measures

References

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  • Mous, Maarten, Qorro, Martha, Kießling, Roland (2002) Iraqw-English Dictionary (Kuschitische Sprachstudien), volume 18, Köln, Germany: Rüdiger Köppe Verlag, →ISBN, page 19

Javanese

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Romanization

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dawa

  1. Romanization of ꦢꦮ

Lower Sorbian

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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dawa

  1. third-person singular present of dawaś

Puyuma

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Etymology

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From Proto-Austronesian *zawa. Compare Hiligaynon dawa, Cebuano dawa, Tagalog dawa, Waray-Waray dawa, and Tausug dawa.

Noun

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dawa

  1. foxtail millet grain

Sakizaya

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /da.ˈwa/, [da.ˈwa]

Noun

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dawa

  1. cloth

Sundanese

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Noun

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dawa

  1. lawsuit; a dispute carried before a court or authority.

References

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  • “Dawa” in Jonathan Rigg, A Dictionary of the Sunda language (1862), page 103.

Swahili

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Swahili Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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From Arabic دَوَاء (dawāʔ).[1]

Pronunciation

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  • Audio (Kenya):(file)

Noun

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dawa (n class, plural dawa) or dawa (ma class, plural madawa)

  1. medicine

Usage notes

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In its strictest sense, this word means "medicine", but is used generally for anything that improves or protects the condition of another thing; for example dawa ya viatu (“dawa of the shoes”) means "shoe polish".

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Baldi, Sergio (2020 November 30) Dictionary of Arabic Loanwords in the Languages of Central and East Africa (Handbuch der Orientalistik; Erste Abteilung: Der Nahe und der Mittlere Osten; 145), Leiden • Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 109 Nr. 969

Tagalog

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Alternative forms

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-Austronesian *zawa. Compare Hiligaynon dawa, Cebuano dawa, Puyuma dawa, Waray-Waray dawa, and Tausug dawa. Theorized also to be from Sanskrit यव (yava, “barley; grain; cereal”). See also Diyawa.

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Noun

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dawà (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜏ)

  1. millet (Panicum miliaceum)
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Etymology 2

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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dawâ (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜏ) (obsolete)

  1. taking something out of a cave
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Further reading

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  • “dawa”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

Anagrams

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Tarifit

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic داوى (dāwa).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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dawa (Tifinagh spelling ⴷⴰⵡⴰ)

  1. (transitive) to heal

Conjugation

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Tausug

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Etymology

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From Proto-Austronesian *zawa.

Pronunciation

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  • (Sinūgan Parianun) IPA(key): /dawa/ [d̪aˈwɑ]
  • Rhymes: -a
  • Syllabification: da‧wa

Noun

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dawa (Sulat Sūg spelling دَوَ)

  1. millet

Welsh

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Verb

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dawa

  1. Soft mutation of tawa.

Mutation

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Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
tawa dawa nhawa thawa
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Western Apache

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Pronoun

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dawa

  1. everything

Yoruba

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Etymology

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From Hausa dāwā̀.

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Noun

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dáwà

  1. sorghum
    Synonyms: jéró, ọkà bàbà
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