owa

owa

See also: Appendix:Variations of "owa"

Bavarian

Etymology 1

Inherited from Middle High German ab-her / abeher / abher. By surface analysis, å +‎ her. Compare archaic German abher.

Adverb

owa

  1. alternative spelling of åwa (“down”)

Etymology 2

Inherited from Middle High German aber / aver, from Old High German aber / abur / aver / avur / afur, from Proto-Germanic *aferą (“behind”). Compare German aber, Luxembourgish awer (“but”), Saterland Frisian oaber (“but”), Middle Low German āver, German Low German aver (“but”).

Conjunction

owa (coordinating)

  1. alternative spelling of åwa (“but, however”)

Bokar

Etymology

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

    Noun

    owa

    1. fox

    References

    • 欧阳觉亚 (1985), “owa”, in 珞巴族語言简志:崩尼-博嘎尔语 [Linguistic survey of the Lhoba people:Bokar language]‎[1], Beijing: 民族出版社, →OCLC, page 96

    Edo

    Etymology

    Inherited from Proto-Edoid *U-bhaGɪ or Proto-Edoid *-baGɪ, cognates with Yekhee owa, Esan uwa, Urhobo uwevwi

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ò.wá/
    • Hyphenation: ò‧wá

    Noun

    òwá

    2. house (human abode)

    Derived terms

    • owa amẹ (“water tank”)
    • owa ebe (“school”)
    • owa egbagbọ (“church”)
    • owa ekẹn (“mud house”)
    • owa ẹbọ (“temple”)
    • owa ẹki (“shop”)
    • owa ẹzọ (“native court building court”)
    • owa iyayi (“church”)

    Hopi

    Etymology

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

      Noun

      owa

      1. rock, stone
      2. kidney stone, gallstone

      Indonesian

      Pronunciation

      • IPA(key): /ˈo.wa/, [ˈo.wa]
      • Rhymes: -owa
      • Hyphenation: o‧wa

      Noun

      owa (plural owa-owa)

      2. gibbon (small ape of the family Hylobatidae)
        Synonyms: ungka, wau-wau, wawa

      Further reading

      Polish

      Pronunciation

       
      • IPA(key): /ˈɔ.va/
      • Audio:(file)
      • Rhymes: -ɔva
      • Syllabification: o‧wa

      Etymology 1

      Etymology tree
      Proto-Slavic *ova
      Old Polish owa
      Polish owa

        Inherited from Old Polish owa, from Proto-Slavic *ova.

        Interjection

        owa! (obsolete or dialectal)

        1. signifying doubt, dissatisfaction, determination
          Alternative form: owwa

        Etymology 2

        See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

        Pronoun

        owa

        1. feminine nominative/vocative singular of ów

        Further reading

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