different between kwa vs adele

Dumbea

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /koa/

Noun

kwa

1. sky

References

• Leenhardt, M. (1946) Langues et dialectes de l'Austro-Mèlanèsie. Cited in: "?Du?bea" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271-283.
• Shintani, T.L.A. & Païta, Y. (1990) Dictionnaire de la langue de Païta, Nouméa: Sociéte d'etudes historiques de Nouvelle-Calédonie. Cited in: "Drubea" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271-283.

Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French croix (“cross”)

Noun

kwa

1. cross

Japanese

Romanization

kwa

1. R?maji transcription of ??
2. R?maji transcription of ??
3. R?maji transcription of ??
4. R?maji transcription of ??

Northern Sotho

Etymology

Cognate with Sotho utlwa.

Verb

kwa

1. to hear, to listen

Pipil

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?a/

Verb

-kwa

1. (transitive) to eat

   Maka shikwakan ne pujpula selek

   Don't eat the plantains uncooked

Polish

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kfa/

Interjection

kwa

1. quack; onomatopoeia for the sound of a duck

Usage notes

Usually repeated at least twice.

Related terms

• kaczka
• kwaka?
• kwakanie

Further reading

• kwa in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Rwanda-Rundi

Verb

-kwá (infinitive gukwá, perfective -kôye)

1. pay bride price

Swahili

Pronunciation

Particle

kwa

1. Ku class inflected form of -a.
2. -ly (used before nouns to form adverbs of manner, instrument, etc.)

Preposition

kwa

1. by, with
2. for
3. from
4. Makes fractions where the numerator is not one, in the format denominator kwa numerator.

Derived terms

• kwa heri
• kwa nini
• kwa vile
• kwa shingo upande

West Frisian

Preposition

kwa

1. in terms of

   Sina is kwa ynwennertal it grutste lân op de wrâld. -- In terms of number of inhabitants, China is the greatest country in the world.

English

Etymology

Blend of additive +? idele; coined by André Weil.

Noun

adele (plural adeles)

1. (mathematics) A member of a self-dual topological ring built on the field of rational numbers (or, more generally, any algebraic number field), and involving in a symmetric way all the completions of the field.

Related terms

• adelic
• adelically

Anagrams

• Edale, deale, leade

Finnish

Noun

adele

1. Adele (language spoken in Ghana and Togo)

Declension

German

Pronunciation

Verb

adele

1. inflection of adeln:
   1. first-person singular present
   2. first-person plural subjunctive I
   3. third-person singular subjunctive I
   4. singular imperative