bwa

== Translingual == === Etymology === Clipping of English Bwatoo. === Symbol === bwa (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Bwatoo. === See also === Wiktionary’s coverage of Bwatoo terms == Anguthimri == === Verb === bwa (transitive, Mpakwithi) to break === References === Terry Crowley, The Mpakwithi dialect of Anguthimri (1981), page 185 == Babanki == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bwàː/ === Interjection === bwa the sound of farting ==== Synonyms ==== fji === Further reading === Pius W. Akumbu, Kejom (Babanki) Ideophones (2016) == Haitian Creole == === Etymology === Inherited from French bois, from Middle French boys, from Old French bois, from Early Medieval Latin boscus (“grove”), borrowed from Frankish *busk, from Proto-Germanic *buskaz. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bwa/ === Noun === bwa woods, forest wood, timber penis ==== Derived terms ==== === References === Targète, Jean; Urciolo, Raphael (1993), Haitian Creole-English Dictionary‎[1], Dunwoody Press, →ISBN, page 34 == Kituba == === Verb === bwa to fall == Kongo == === Verb === bwa to fall == Louisiana Creole == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bwa/ Rhymes: -bwa, -wa, -a Homophone: bwá === Etymology 1 === Inherited from Louisiana French boire (“to drink”). ==== Alternative forms ==== bwar ==== Verb ==== bwa (past bwá) (one-stem, ambitransitive) to drink Mo bwa. ― I drink. Mo bwá. ― I drank. / I drunk. ===== Related terms ===== === Etymology 2 === Inherited from Louisiana French bois (“wood; etc.”). ==== Noun ==== bwa alternative form of dibwa (“wood(s); stick; tree; stalk”) == Venda == === Verb === bwa to dig == Welsh == === Etymology === From Middle Welsh bwa, from Middle English bowe, from Old English boga. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbuː.a/ === Noun === bwa m (plural bwâu) bow (weapon) arch (architecture) rainbow Synonym: enfys ==== Derived terms ==== Bwa'r Gwynt (“the Milky Way”) bwa'r arch, bwa'r Drindod, bwa'r glaw, bwa'r hin, bwa'r wrach, bwa'r wybren (“rainbow”) === Mutation ===