nywa

== Luganda == === Etymology === Inherited from Proto-Bantu *-ɲóa. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɲwâ/ === Verb === -nywa (infinitive okunywa) (transitive) to drink to smoke to score (in a game) ==== Derived terms ==== omunywi (“drinker”) ekinywi (“drinking party”) -nyweka (“to be drinkable”) -nywera (“to drink from”) -nywesa (“to cause to drink”) === References === Snoxall, R. A. (1967), Luganda-English Dictionary - with an Introduction on the Tonal System, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 264 == Nyole (Uganda) == === Etymology === Inherited from Proto-Bantu *-ɲóa. === Verb === -nywa (infinitive ohunywa) to drink to smoke === References === Diprose, Martin; Musimami, Sylvester N. M. (2012), Lunyole–English Dictionary‎[1], SIL International == Rwanda-Rundi == === Etymology === Inherited from Proto-Bantu *-ɲóa. === Verb === -nywá (infinitive kunywá, perfective -nyôye) to drink to smoke ==== Derived terms ==== -nyobwa (passive) === References === Elizabeth E. Cox; Myra Adamson; Muriel Teusink (1969), Dictionary: Kinyarwanda-English, English-Kinyarwanda‎[2], page 35 Emmanuel Habumuremyi; Claudine Uwamahoro (2006), A Kinyarwanda-English and English-Kinyarwanda dictionary‎[3], Kigali: Rwanda Community Net, page 306 == Swahili == === Etymology === Inherited from Proto-Bantu *-ɲóa. === Pronunciation === (Unguja standard) IPA(key): /ɲʷɑ/ === Verb === -nywa (infinitive kunywa) to drink ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== Verbal derivations: Applicative: -nywea Causative: -nywesha Passive: -nywewa Stative: -nyweka Nominal derivations: kinywaji (“drink, beverage”) mnywaji (“drinker”) unywaji (“drinking”) == Tooro == === Etymology === Inherited from Proto-Bantu *-ɲóa. Doublet of -nywana (“to make blood-brotherhood”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɲwa/ === Verb === -nywa (infinitive okunywa) to drink to smoke ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== Verbal derivations: Applicative: -nywera Long causative: -nywisa Passive: -nywibwa Stative: -nywika Nominal derivations: ekinywansande (“type of black ant”) omunywi (“drinker”) === References === Kaji, Shigeki (2007), A Rutooro Vocabulary‎[4], Tokyo: Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA), →ISBN, page 247 Rubongoya, L. T. (2013), Katondogorozi y'Orunyoro-Rutooro n'Orungereza [Runyoro–Rutooro-English and English-Runyoro–Rutooro dictionary]‎[5], Kampala: Modrug Publishers, →ISBN, page 307 == Zigula == === Etymology === Inherited from Proto-Bantu *-ɲóa (“to drink”). === Verb === -nywa (infinitive kunywa) (transitive) to swallow liquids (transitive) to drink (transitive) to take medicine ==== Derived terms ==== -nywera (“to drink for someone”) -nyweza (“to give to drink”) -nywesa (“to drink a lot/too much of”) -nywaga (“to drink first”) === References === Chizigula of Somalia Dictionary‎[6], SIL International, 2020