tawa
التعريفات والمعاني
== English ==
=== Etymology 1 ===
From Hindi तवा (tavā).
==== Alternative forms ====
tava
==== Noun ====
tawa (plural tawas)
(South Asia) A frying pan or griddle.
=== Etymology 2 ===
From Māori.
==== Noun ====
tawa (plural tawas)
Beilschmiedia tawa, a New Zealand broadleaf tree.
=== Anagrams ===
Awat
== Ajië ==
=== Noun ===
tawa
dog
=== References ===
Corinna Handschuh, A typology of marked-S languages
== Cebuano ==
=== Etymology ===
Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tawa, from Proto-Austronesian *Cawa.
=== Pronunciation ===
Hyphenation: ta‧wa
IPA(key): /taˈwa/ [t̪ɐˈwa]
=== Adjective ===
tawá
jovial (of face or visage)
==== Derived terms ====
== Fijian ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ta.ɰa/
=== Adverb ===
tawa
un-, a-, dis-, il-, im-, in-, non- (functions similar to a negative English prefix)
=== Adjective ===
tawa
inhabited
filled
=== Verb ===
tawa (tawa)
(transitive) to inhabit, to populate
=== Verb ===
tawa (vakatawa)
to watch
to fill
== Indonesian ==
=== Pronunciation ===
(Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈtawa/ [ˈt̪a.wa]
Rhymes: -awa
Syllabification: ta‧wa
=== Etymology 1 ===
Inherited from Malay tawa, from Proto-Malayic *tawa(ʔ), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tawa, from Proto-Austronesian *Cawa.
==== Noun ====
tawa (plural tawa-tawa)
laugh
===== Derived terms =====
==== Verb ====
tawa
to laugh (show mirth by peculiar movement of the muscles of the face and emission of sounds)
===== Conjugation =====
Although morphologically involuntary, the form tertawa and tertawakan is used lexically as an active form.
=== Etymology 2 ===
Borrowed from Minangkabau [Term?].
==== Noun ====
tawa (plural tawa-tawa)
(literature, linguistics) Minangkabau mantra [since 2018]
=== Etymology 3 ===
Borrowed from Javanese [Term?].
==== Noun ====
tawa (plural tawa-tawa)
dadap (“Erythrina”) leaf [since 2018]
=== Further reading ===
“tawa”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016
== Karao ==
=== Noun ===
tawa
window
== Malay ==
=== Etymology ===
From Proto-Malayic *tawa(ʔ), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tawa, from Proto-Austronesian *Cawa.
=== Pronunciation ===
(Baku) IPA(key): /tawa/
(Standard Malaysian) IPA(key): /tawə/
Rhymes: -awə, -wə, -ə
=== Verb ===
tawa (Jawi spelling تاوا)
to laugh (show mirth by peculiar movement of the muscles of the face and emission of sounds)
Synonym: gelak
==== Derived terms ====
==== Descendants ====
Indonesian: tawa
=== Further reading ===
"tawa" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017
== Mehek ==
=== Noun ===
tawa
woman
=== References ===
transnewguinea.org, citing D. C. Laycock, Languages of the Lumi Subdistrict (West Sepik District), New Guinea (1968), Oceanic Linguistics, 7 (1): 36-66
== Nheengatu ==
=== Alternative forms ===
taua
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈtawa/
Rhymes: -awa
Hyphenation: ta‧wa
Homophones: -tawa, Tawa
=== Etymology 1 ===
Inherited from Old Tupi taba (“village, city”), from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *tap, from Proto-Tupian *jap.
Cognate with Portuguese taba.
==== Noun ====
tawa (plural tawa-itá)
city
village
=== Etymology 2 ===
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
==== Noun ====
tawa
(obsolete) absolute of awa
=== References ===
Avila, Marcel Twardowsky (2021), “tawa”, in Proposta de dicionário nheengatu-português [Nheengatu–Portuguese dictionary proposal] (in Portuguese), São Paulo: USP, →DOI, page 743
== Pahi ==
=== Noun ===
tawa
woman
=== References ===
transnewguinea.org, citing D. C. Laycock, Languages of the Lumi Subdistrict (West Sepik District), New Guinea (1968), Oceanic Linguistics, 7 (1): 36-66
== Quechua ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈta.wa/
=== Numeral ===
tawa
four.
==== Derived terms ====
== Tagalog ==
=== Etymology ===
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tawa, from Proto-Austronesian *Cawa. Compare Malay tawa.
=== Pronunciation ===
(Standard Tagalog)
IPA(key): /ˈtawa/ [ˈt̪aː.wɐ] (noun)
Rhymes: -awa
IPA(key): /taˈwa/ [t̪ɐˈwa] (adjective)
Rhymes: -a
Syllabification: ta‧wa
=== Noun ===
tawa (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜏ)
laugh; laughing; laughter
Synonyms: halakhak, hagakgak, halikhik, alik-ik, agik-ik, hagalhal, hilhil, sagaak
==== Derived terms ====
==== See also ====
ngiti
=== Adjective ===
tawá (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜏ)
prone to laughing
Synonym: palatawa
==== Derived terms ====
=== Further reading ===
“tawa”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*Cawa”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI
=== Anagrams ===
awat
== Welsh ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈtau̯.a/
=== Verb ===
tawa
third-person singular present/future of tewi
=== Mutation ===
== Wolio ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /taʋa/
=== Noun ===
tawa
leaf
=== References ===
Anceaux, Johannes C. (1987), Wolio Dictionary (Wolio-English-Indonesian) / Kamus Bahasa Wolio (Wolio-Inggeris-Indonesia), Dordrecht: Foris
== Ye'kwana ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): [tawa]
=== Noun ===
tawa (obligatorily possessed; possessed tawadü)
lung
==== Derived terms ====
=== References ===
Costa, Isabella Coutinho; Silva, Marcelo Costa da; Rodrigues, Edmilson Magalhães (2021), “Chaawadö”, in Portal Japiim: Dicionário Ye'kwana[1], Museu do Índio/FUNAI
Hall, Katherine Lee (1988), The morphosyntax of discourse in De'kwana Carib, volumes I and II, Saint Louis, Missouri: PhD Thesis, Washington University, pages 217, 288: “'tawa:dü 'my lung' / 'cha:wadü 'his lung' […] ----- -'tawai -dü 'lung'”
Hall, Katherine (2007), “ʔtaway-dɨ”, in Mary Ritchie Key & Bernard Comrie, editors, The Intercontinental Dictionary Series[2], Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, published 2021