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kwa

See also: Kwa, -kʷa, and kwa-

Dumbea

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Noun

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kwa

  1. sky

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Haitian Creole

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Etymology

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From French croix (“cross”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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kwa

  1. cross

Japanese

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Romanization

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kwa

  1. The katakana syllable クァ (kwa) in Hepburn-like romanization.
  2. The katakana syllable クヮ (kwa) in Hepburn-like romanization.

Northern Sotho

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Etymology

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Cognate with Sotho utlwa.

Verb

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kwa

  1. to hear, to listen

Pipil

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Verb

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-kwa

  1. (transitive) to eat
    Maka shikwakan ne pujpula selek
    Don't eat the plantains uncooked

Polish

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Etymology

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Onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /kfa/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -a
  • Syllabification: kwa

Interjection

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kwa

  1. (usually reduplicated) quack; onomatopoeia for the sound of a duck
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Further reading

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  • kwa in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • kwa in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Rwanda-Rundi

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Verb

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-kwá (infinitive gukwá, perfective -kôye)

  1. pay bride price

Swahili

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Particle

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kwa

  1. Ku class inflected form of -a.
  2. -ly (used before nouns to form adverbs of manner, instrument, etc.)

Preposition

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kwa

  1. by, with
  2. for
  3. from
  4. Makes fractions where the numerator is not one, in the format denominator kwa numerator.

Derived terms

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West Frisian

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Preposition

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kwa

  1. in terms of
    Sina is kwa ynwennertal it grutste lân op de wrâld. -- In terms of number of inhabitants, China is the greatest country in the world.
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