twa

See also: TWA, Twa, twå, twą, ƫwa, and -twa

Gothic

Romanization

twa

1. Romanization of 𐍄𐍅𐌰

Haitian Creole

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *tréyes

Proto-Italic *trēs

Latin trēs

Old French trois

Middle French troys

French troisder.

Haitian Creole twa

From French trois.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /twa/

Numeral

twa

1. three

Lingala

Verb

twa

1. to spit

Louisiana Creole

Etymology

Inherited from French toi (“you”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /twa/
• Rhymes: -a

Pronoun

twa (second person singular objective pronoun)

1. (informal) you

Related terms

• to
• tô
• tochin
• tokin

 

Mauritian Creole

Etymology

From French toi.

Pronoun

twa (nominative to)

1. You. (second-person singular objective personal pronoun)

See also

Mauritian Creole personal pronouns

			singular	plural
1st person			mo mwa (objective)	nou
2nd person			to (informal), ou (formal) twa (objective)	zot
3rd person			li	zot, bann-la

Middle English

Numeral

twa

1. (Northern, Early Middle English) Alternative form of two

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /twɑː/

Numeral

twā

1. nominative/accusative feminine/neuter of twēġen

Descendants

• Middle English: two, tuo, (Early ME, Northern ME) twa
  • English: two, twain (dated); twey (archaic)
    • Solombala English: ту (tu)
  • Geordie English: twe
  • Scots: twa, twae

Old Frisian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtwaː/

Numeral

twā

1. nominative or accusative feminine of twēne
2. nominative or accusative neuter of twēne

References

• Bremmer, Rolf H. (2009) An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tfa/

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• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: twa

Pronoun

twa

1. (chiefly literary) Alternative form of twoja

Further reading

• twa in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Scots

Scots numbers ^(edit)

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Cardinal: twa     Ordinal: second

Alternative forms

• twae

Etymology

From Middle English twa, northern form of two.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /twɑː/, /twɔː/
• (Southern Scots) IPA^(key): /tweː/
• (Northern Scots, Northern Isles) IPA^(key): /twaː/

Numeral

twa

1. two
   • 1875, William Alexander, Sketches of Life Among My Ain Folk, page 51:

     "A twa-horse wark, maybe? or dee ye make it oot wi' ae beast an' an owse?"

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

References

• “twa, num.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC, retrieved 21 May 2024, reproduced from William A[lexander] Craigie, A[dam] J[ack] Aitken [et al.], editors, A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue: […], Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 1931–2002, →OCLC.
• “twa, num. adj.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC, retrieved 21 May 2024, reproduced from W[illiam] Grant and D[avid] D. Murison, editors, The Scottish National Dictionary, Edinburgh: Scottish National Dictionary Association, 1931–1976, →OCLC.

West Frisian

West Frisian cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : twa     Ordinal : twadde

Etymology

From Old Frisian twā.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tva/

Numeral

twa

1. two

Further reading

• “twa”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011