different between kawa vs pawa

English

Noun

kawa (uncountable)

1. Alternative form of kava

Anagrams

• Waka, waka

Cebuano

Etymology

Probably from Malay kawah.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ka?wa

Noun

kawa

1. A large wok.

Related terms

• kaha, kalaha

Dibabawon Manobo

Noun

kawà

1. large iron pot

French

Pronunciation

Noun

kawa m (uncountable)

1. Alternative form of caoua, meaning coffee
2. (Piper methysticum) kava

   Synonym: kava

3. kava, beverage made from Piper methysticum.

   Synonym: kava

Further reading

• “kawa” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Hiligaynon

Noun

káwà

1. boiler

Japanese

Romanization

kawa

1. R?maji transcription of ??

Karao

Noun

kawa

1. middle; halfway

Kayapó

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ka?wa]

Etymology

From Proto-Northern Jê *kacû (“mortar”).

Noun

kawa

1. mortar

Lubuagan Kalinga

Noun

kawa

1. spider (large)

Maori

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *kawa.

Adjective

kawa

1. sour

Noun

kawa

1. a ceremony to remove tapu from a new house or canoe
2. karakia (“ritual chants”) and customs for the opening of new houses, canoes and other events
3. marae protocol - customs of the marae and wharenui, particularly those related to formal activities such as p?hiri, speeches and mihimihi
4. acid
5. bitterness

Usage notes

The sense "marae protocol" seems to be a modern extension of the word.

Verb

kawa

1. to perform the kawa ceremony, open a new house

References

• “kawa” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori-English, English-Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, ?ISBN.

Polish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish ????? (kahve), from Arabic ???????? (qahwa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ka.va/

Noun

kawa f (diminutive kawka or kawcia or kawunia or kawusia)

1. coffee

Declension

Derived terms

• (nouns) kawiarnia, kawowiec, kawosz, kawoszka, kawiarz, kawiara, kawiarka, kawiarniczka
• (noun phrases) kawa po irlandzku, kawa po turecku, kawa po wiede?sku, kawa rozpuszczalna, kawa zbo?owa
• (adjective) kawowy

Related terms

• (nouns) kawiarenka, kawiareczka
• (adjective) kawiarniany

Further reading

• kawa in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• kawa in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Swahili

Pronunciation

Verb

-kawa (infinitive kukawa)

1. delay, be late, tarry

Derived terms

• Verbal derivations:
  • Applicative: -kawia
  • Causative: -kawisha

Conjugation

Tagalog

Noun

kawa

1. large caldron; large boiler or kettle

Synonyms

• kaldero
• talyasi

English

Noun

pawa (plural pawas)

1. (New Zealand) An edible univalve mollusc of the genus Haliotis, having a shell lined with mother-of-pearl.
   • 1912, Katherine Mansfield, The Woman at the Store, from "Selected Short Stories"

     One little patch was divided off by pawa shells […]

Synonyms

• p?ua (New Zealand)
• abalone (US, Australia)
• ear-shell (UK),
• ormer (Guernsey)
• perlemoen (South Africa)

Translations

Anagrams

• WAPA

Anguthimri

Noun

pawa

1. (Mpakwithi) egg

References

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

Chamicuro

Noun

pawa

1. field

Lower Sorbian

Etymology

From paw (“peacock”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?pawa/

Noun

pawa f

1. peahen

Declension

Noun

pawa

1. inflection of paw:
   1. genitive/accusative singular
   2. nominative dual

Further reading

• pawa in Ernst Muka/Mucke (St. Petersburg and Prague 1911–28): S?ownik dolnoserbskeje r?cy a jeje nar?cow / Wörterbuch der nieder-wendischen Sprache und ihrer Dialekte. Reprinted 2008, Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag
• pawa in Manfred Starosta (1999): Dolnoserbsko-nimski s?ownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch. Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag.

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *p?wô, from Latin p?v?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?p??.w?/

Noun

p?wa m

1. peacock
   • c. 1000, The Wonders of the East

Declension

Swahili

Pronunciation

Verb

-pawa (infinitive kupawa)

1. (dialectal or archaic) Passive form of -pa

Conjugation

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English power.

Noun

pawa

1. power
2. strength
3. electricity

Yindjibarndi

Noun

pawa

1. water

References

• Frank J. F. Wordick, The Yindjibarndi Language (1982)