bawa

bawa

1. older sibling

• Ilana Mushin, A Grammar of (Western) Garrwa (2012)

• IPA^(key): /báː.wàː/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [báː.wàː]

bāwā̀ m (feminine bâiwā, plural bāyī, possessed form bāwàn)

1. slave

• bàutā
• bautar
• bawan Allah

Inherited from Malay bawa, from Proto-Malayic *baba, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baba, from Proto-Austronesian *baba.

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈbawa/ [ˈba.wa]
• Rhymes: -awa
• Syllabification: ba‧wa

bawa (active membawa, passive dibawa)

1. to carry, bring, take

   Tadi belanjaanya dibawa oleh saya.

   The shopping was carried by me.

   Dia mau membawa anaknya ke pasar.

   She wants to take her child to the market.

2. to host

   Synonym: bawakan

   Mereka dijadwalkan untuk membawa acara bulan ini.

   They are scheduled to host an event this month.

3. (figurative) to involve (to entangle in a confusing or troublesome situation)

   Synonym: libatkan

• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*baba”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

• “bawa” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

bawa

1. boat

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baqbaq.

• IPA^(key): [ˈbawa]

bawa (Lontara spelling ᨅᨓ)

1. (anatomy) mouth

• bak (slang)
• bawak (pronunciation spelling)

From Classical Malay bawa, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baba₁, from Proto-Austronesian *baba₁. Compare to Old Javanese wawa (“to bring, to carry”).

First attested in the Kedukan Bukit inscription, 683AD, as Old Malay [script needed] (mava) in inflected form mamāwa.

• (Malaysia, Singapore, colloquial) IPA^(key): /ˈbawak/ [ˈba.waʔ]
  • Rhymes: -awak
• (Baku) IPA^(key): /ˈbawa/ [ˈba.wa]
  • Rhymes: -awa
• (Johor-Riau) IPA^(key): /ˈbawə/ [ˈba.wə]

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  • Rhymes: -awə
• Hyphenation: ba‧wa

bawa (Jawi spelling باوا)

1. to carry.
2. to take or lead someone to a certain place.

   Tolong bawa saya ke sana.

   Please take me there.

3. to cause something.
4. to involve into a certain event.
5. (informal) to drive a vehicle

   Bawa elok-elok kereta di jalan.

   Drive the car carefully on the road.

• “bawa” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baba.

bawa

1. to carry (as on the back)

-bawa^?

1. to request, to ask

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bawa class V (plural mabawa class VI)

1. alternative form of ubawa

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈbawa/ [ˈbaː.wɐ]
• Rhymes: -awa
• Syllabification: ba‧wa

bawa (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜏ)

1. diminution; mitigation

bawa (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜏ) (obsolete)

1. each; every

   Synonyms: bawat, kada

• “bawa”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

From Malay bawang.

• IPA^(key): [ˈba.wa]

bawa

1. onion

• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

bawa

1. brother

• Corinna Handschuh, A typology of marked-S languages

baw (“ordure”) +‎ -a.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbau̯a/

bawa (first-person singular present bawaf) (transitive)

1. to foul, to soil

   Synonyms: difwyno, baeddu, maesa

• D. G. Lewis, N. Lewis, editors (2005–present), “bawa”, in Gweiadur: the Welsh–English Dictionary, Gwerin
• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “bawa”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies