mwa

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See also: MWA, mwa-, mwá, and mwâ

English

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Interjection

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mwa

  1. Alternative spelling of mwah

Noun

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mwa (uncountable)

  1. Alternative spelling of mwah

Anagrams

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Anguthimri

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Noun

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mwa

  1. (Mpakwithi) fire

References

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

Antillean Creole

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Etymology

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From French mois.

Noun

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mwa

  1. month

Chichewa

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Etymology

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From Proto-Bantu *-ɲóa.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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-mwa (infinitive kumwá)

  1. drink
  2. (of medicine or pills) swallow, consume

Derived terms

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Dumbea

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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mwa

  1. house

References

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Dutch

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Pronunciation

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Interjection

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mwa

  1. (informal) An expression of indifference: meh
    Meestal heb ik zoiets van “mwa, niet zo belangrijk”.
    Usually I am like, “meh, not that important.”

Adjective

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mwa (not comparable)

  1. (informal, predicative) mediocre
    De kipfilet was goed maar de saus was vies en de frietjes waren mwa.
    The chicken filet was good but the sauce tasted bad and the french fries were mediocre.

Usage notes

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Occurs mainly as the complement of a copular verb such as zijn (to be) or vinden (to find).

Haitian Creole

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Etymology

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From French mois (month).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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mwa

  1. month

Mauritian Creole

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Etymology

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From French moi (me).

Pronoun

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mwa (nominative mo)

  1. me (first-person singular objective personal pronoun)

See also

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Shona

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Verb

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-mwá (infinitive kumwá)

  1. Karanga and Manyika form of -nwa

Swahili

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Particle

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mwa

  1. Mu class inflected form of -a.