lawa

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Alangan

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Etymology

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From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lawaq.

Noun

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lawà

  1. spider

Bikol Central

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lawaq.

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: la‧wa
  • IPA(key): /ˈlawaʔ/ [ˈl̪a.waʔ]

Noun

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lawà

  1. spider

Brunei Malay

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Adjective

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lawa

  1. beautiful

Antonyms

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Butuanon

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Etymology

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From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lawaq.

Noun

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lawa

  1. spider

Chickasaw

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Etymology

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Cognate with Choctaw lawa (many, much), Koasati lawa (many).

Pronoun

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lawa

  1. a lot

Verb

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lawa (active, in/transitive)

  1. (intransitive) to be many
  2. (intransitive) to be a lot
  3. (intransitive) to be a bunch
  4. (transitive) to be a lot in (a place)

Inflection

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Choctaw

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Cognate with Koasati lawa (many)

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /laˈwa(h)/
  • Transcription: lawah

Adjective

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lawa

  1. many. much
  2. a lot of
  3. too much

Fijian

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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lawa

  1. net, fishing net
  2. snare
  3. law

Verb

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lawa (lawa-vaka, lawavaka)

  1. to ambush (in war)

lawa (lawa-na, lawana)

  1. (transitive) to accuse (on suspicion alone)

Hawaiian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Polynesian *lawa₁ (compare with Maori rawa (numerous, many, wealth)).[1][2]

Noun

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lawa

  1. sufficiency, abundance, plenty

References

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  1. ^ Pukui, Mary Kawena, Elbert, Samuel H. (1986) “lawa”, in Hawaiian Dictionary, revised & enlarged edition, Honolulu, HI: University of Hawai'i Press, →ISBN, page 197
  2. ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “lawa.1a”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online

Higaonon

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Etymology 1

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Akin to Western Bukidnon Manobo lawa.

Noun

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lawa

  1. body

Etymology 2

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From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lawaq. Akin to Cebuano lawalawa.

Noun

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lawa

  1. spider

Hiligaynon

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Etymology

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From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lawaq.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈlawaʔ/ [ˈla.waʔ]

Noun

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lawà

  1. spiderweb

Iban

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Pronunciation

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Adjective

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lawa

  1. beautiful, good-looking, pretty
    Synonym: bajik
    Lawa amat indu nya!
    That lady is so beautiful!
  2. arrogant

Indonesian

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Indonesian Wikipedia has an article on:
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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /la.wa/
  • Rhymes: -la
  • Hyphenation: la‧wa

Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Makasar [Term?] and Buginese [Term?].

Noun

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lawa (plural lawa-lawa, first-person possessive lawaku, second-person possessive lawamu, third-person possessive lawanya)

  1. (cooking) salad
    Synonym: urap
  2. (cooking) Buginese dish made from raw fish or banana blossoms, mixed with grated or fried coconut, spices, and vinegar
Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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Unknown, inherited from Malay lawa (board), probably from Old Javanese lawa (fragment, piece), from Sanskrit लव (lava).

Noun

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lawa (plural lawa-lawa, first-person possessive lawaku, second-person possessive lawamu, third-person possessive lawanya)

  1. (archaic) crossbar on boats and so on
  2. (archaic) barrier, obstacle
    Synonym: rintangan
  3. (archaic) roadblock
Derived terms
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Etymology 3

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inherited from Malay lawa (beautiful).

Adjective

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lawa

  1. beautiful
    Synonym: indah
Derived terms
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Further reading

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Javanese

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Romanization

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lawa

  1. Romanization of ꦭꦮ

Kagayanen

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Noun

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lawa

  1. (anatomy) body

Lindu

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Noun

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lawa

  1. hindrance; obstacle

Lower Sorbian

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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lawa

  1. genitive singular of law
  2. accusative singular of law
  3. nominative dual of law

Malay

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /lawa/
    • Note: Unlike in many other words in Johor-Riau Malay that end with an /a/, the word-final /a/ in this word is not realized as a schwa [ə].
  • Rhymes: -wa, -a

Adjective

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lawa (Jawi spelling لاوا)

  1. beautiful
    Synonyms: cantik, molek
    Lawanya perempuan itu!
    That girl is so beautiful!

Affixations

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Descendants

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  • > Indonesian: lawa (inherited)

Further reading

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Mansaka

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Etymology

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From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lawaq.

Noun

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lawa

  1. spider

Masbatenyo

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Etymology

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From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lawaq.

Noun

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lawà

  1. spider

Old Javanese

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Sanskrit लव (lava).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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lawa

  1. fragment, piece
  2. minute of time

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • >? Malay: lawa
    • > Indonesian: lawa (inherited)

Further reading

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  • "lawa" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

Polish

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Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
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lawa

Etymology

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Borrowed from Italian lava.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈla.va/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ava
  • Syllabification: la‧wa

Noun

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lawa f

  1. lava (molten rock ejected by a volcano from its crater or fissured sides)

Declension

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Derived terms

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adjective

Further reading

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

Quechua

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Noun

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lawa

  1. a gruel made flour, water, and salt; sometimes prepared with maize

Declension

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Ratagnon

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Etymology

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From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lawaq.

Noun

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lawa

  1. spider

Swazi

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Etymology

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronoun

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lawa

  1. those over there, yonder; class 6 remote demonstrative.

Tagakaulu Kalagan

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Etymology

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From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lawaq.

Noun

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lawa

  1. spider

Tagalog

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Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Western Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *rawaq (swamp; morass). Cognate with Javanese ꦫꦮ (rawa), Indonesian, Malay rawa / rawah (marsh), and Sundanese ᮛᮔ᮪ᮎ (ranca, swamp).

Noun

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lawà (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜏ)

  1. lake; lagoon
    Synonyms: dagat-dagatan, pulilan, laguna, danaw, lanaw
  2. any small flooded area
    Synonym: sanaw
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Adjective

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lawà (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜏ)

  1. (figurative) flooded; covered with water
    Synonym: sanaw

Etymology 2

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From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lawaq. Doublet of alalawa. Compare Bikol Central lawa, Butuanon lawa, Tausug lawa' and Waray-Waray lawa.

Noun

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lawà (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜏ)

  1. (dialectal, Quezon, Marinduque) spider
    Synonyms: gagamba, alalawa, lawa-lawa, (uncommon) aranya

Further reading

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  • lawa”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

Anagrams

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Tausug

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Etymology

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Unknown.

Pronunciation

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  • (Sinūgan Parianun) IPA(key): /lawa/ [laˈwɑ]
  • Rhymes: -a
  • Syllabification: la‧wa

Noun

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lawa (Sulat Sūg spelling لَوَ)

  1. left hand, foot or limb
    Napukul in lawa niya.
    His left hand was amputated.
  2. left side

Antonyms

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Tok Pisin

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Etymology

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From Malay labah-labah.

Noun

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lawa

  1. spider

Waray-Waray

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Etymology

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From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lawaq.

Noun

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lawà

  1. spider

West Makian

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Pronunciation

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IPA(key): /ˈl̪a.wa/

Noun

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lawa

  1. a door

References

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  • Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours[1], Pacific linguistics

Western Bukidnon Manobo

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Etymology

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Akin to Higaonon lawa.

Noun

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lawa

  1. body

Xhosa

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronoun

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lawa

  1. those over there, yonder; class 6 remote demonstrative.