thawa

== Chichewa == === Etymology === Inherited from Proto-Bantu *-tɪ́aba (“to run away”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtʰa.w⁽ᵝ⁾a/ === Verb === -thaŵa (infinitive kutháŵa) to run away from to escape from to abscond to desert to flee from ==== Derived terms ==== Verbal derivations: Applicative: -thawira Causative: -thawitsa Negative: -sathawa Reduplicative: -thawathawa Repetitive: -thawanso === References === Steven Paas (2016), Oxford Chichewa-English/English - Chichewa Dictionary‎[1], Oxford University Press, page 520 == Malawi Lomwe == === Etymology === Inherited from Proto-Bantu *-tɪ́aba (“to run away”) === Verb === -thawa (infinitive othawa) to escape === References === Ellomwe - English Vocabular, page 25 == Nemi == === Alternative forms === thoai (East Coast) thawavi (Temala) === Verb === thawa (East Coast) to carry on the back === References === André-Georges Haudricourt et Françoise Ozanne-Rivière, Dictionnaire thématique des langues de la région de Hienghène (Nouvelle-Calédonie) : pije - fwâi - nemi - jawe, Lacito - Documents, Asie-Austronésie 4, SELAF no. 212, Peeters, 1982