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bawa

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See also: Bawa, ɓawa, and baŵa

Garawa

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Noun

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bawa

  1. older sibling

References

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  • Ilana Mushin, A Grammar of (Western) Garrwa (2012)

Hausa

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Pronunciation

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

Noun

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bāwā̀ m (feminine bâiwā, plural bāyī, possessed form bāwàn)

  1. slave

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Indonesian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Malay bawa, from Proto-Malayic *baba, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baba, from Proto-Austronesian *baba.

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Verb

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bawa (active membawa, passive dibawa)

  1. to carry, bring, take
    Tadi belanjaanya dibawa oleh saya.
    The shopping was carried by me.
    Dia mau membawa anaknya ke pasar.
    She wants to take her child to the market.
  2. to host
    Synonym: bawakan
    Mereka dijadwalkan untuk membawa acara bulan ini.
    They are scheduled to host an event this month.
  3. (figurative) to involve (to entangle in a confusing or troublesome situation)
    Synonym: libatkan

Derived terms

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References

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  • Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*baba”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Further reading

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Kavalan

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Noun

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bawa

  1. boat

Makasar

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Etymology

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From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baqbaq.

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Noun

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bawa (Lontara spelling ᨅᨓ)

  1. (anatomy) mouth

Malay

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Classical Malay bawa, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baba₁, from Proto-Austronesian *baba₁. Compare to Old Javanese wawa (to bring, to carry).

First attested in the Kedukan Bukit inscription, 683AD, as Old Malay [script needed] (mava) in inflected form mamāwa.

Pronunciation

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  • (Johor-Selangor) IPA(key): /bawə/, /bawa/, /bawaʔ/
  • (Riau-Lingga) IPA(key): /bawa/, /bawə/, /bawaʔ/
  • Audio (Malaysia):(file)
  • Rhymes: -a

Verb

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bawa (Jawi spelling باوا)

  1. to carry.
  2. to take or lead someone to a certain place.
    Tolong bawa saya ke sana.
    Please take me there.
  3. to cause something.
  4. to involve into a certain event.
  5. (informal) to drive a vehicle
    Bawa elok-elok kereta di jalan.
    Drive the car carefully on the road.

Further reading

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Maranao

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Etymology

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From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baba.

Verb

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bawa

  1. to carry (as on the back)

Southern Ndebele

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Verb

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-bawa?

  1. to request, to ask

Inflection

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Swahili

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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bawa class V (plural mabawa class VI)

  1. Alternative form of ubawa

Tagalog

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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bawa (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜏ)

  1. diminution; mitigation

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Determiner

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bawa (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜏ) (obsolete)

  1. each; every
    Synonyms: bawat, kada

See also

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Further reading

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

Ternate

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Etymology

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From Malay bawang.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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bawa

  1. onion

References

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  • Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

Waskia

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Noun

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bawa

  1. brother

References

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  • Corinna Handschuh, A typology of marked-S languages