dawa

Borrowed from Swahili dawa (“medicine”).

dawa (plural dawas)

1. (East Africa) A medicine, particularly a native one or one used by witch doctors.
2. (Kenya) A cocktail made with vodka, honey, and lime juice.

• Awad, WADA, Wada, adaw

• IPA^(key): /ˈdawaʔ/ [ˈd̪a.waʔ]
• Hyphenation: da‧wa

dawà (Basahan spelling ᜇᜏ)

1. even if; even so; even though; although

   Synonym: maski

• Hyphenation: da‧wa
• IPA^(key): /ˈdawa/ [ˈd̪a.wɐ]

dáwa (Badlit spelling ᜇᜏ)

1. millet

   Synonym: kabog

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

dāwā̀ f (plural dāwōyī, possessed form dāwàr̃)

1. sorghum

• IPA^(key): /dá.wà/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [də́.wə̀]

dawà m (possessed form dawàn)

1. the bush, the forest

• mugun dawa

dawa m (plural dabee f)

1. hand, arm
2. instrument, custom, measures

• Mous, Maarten, Qorro, Martha, Kießling, Roland (2002) Iraqw-English Dictionary (Kuschitische Sprachstudien), volume 18, Köln, Germany: Rüdiger Köppe Verlag, →ISBN, page 19

dawa

1. romanization of ꦢꦮ

• IPA^(key): /ˈda.wa/
• Rhymes: -awa
• Syllabification: da‧wa

dawa

1. third-person singular present of dawaś

From Proto-Austronesian *zawa. Compare Hiligaynon dawa, Cebuano dawa, Tagalog dawa, Waray-Waray dawa, and Tausug dawa.

dawa

1. foxtail millet grain

• IPA^(key): /da.ˈwa/, [da.ˈwa]

dawa

1. cloth

dawa

1. lawsuit; a dispute carried before a court or authority.

• “Dawa” in Jonathan Rigg, A Dictionary of the Sunda language (1862), page 103.

From Arabic دَوَاء (dawāʔ).^[1]

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dawa class IX (plural dawa class X or madawa class VI)

1. medicine

In its strictest sense, this word means "medicine", but is used generally for anything that improves or protects the condition of another thing; for example dawa ya viatu (“dawa of the shoes”) means "shoe polish".

• dawa ya mapenzi (“love potion”)
• dawa ya meno (“toothpaste”)
• dawa ya mswaki (“toothpaste”)
• dawa ya viatu (“shoe polish”)
• dawa ya wadudu (“insecticide”)

• daua — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling

From Proto-Austronesian *zawa. Compare Hiligaynon dawa, Cebuano dawa, Puyuma dawa, Waray-Waray dawa, and Tausug dawa. Theorized also to be from Sanskrit यव (yava, “barley; grain; cereal”). See also Diyawa.

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key): /ˈdawaʔ/ [ˈd̪aː.wɐʔ]
    • Rhymes: -awaʔ
  • IPA^(key): /ˈdawa/ [ˈd̪aː.wɐ] (obsolete)
• Syllabification: da‧wa

dawà (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜏ)

1. millet (Panicum miliaceum)

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /daˈwaʔ/ [d̪ɐˈwaʔ]
• Rhymes: -aʔ
• Syllabification: da‧wa

dawâ (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜏ) (obsolete)

1. taking something out of a cave

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

• adwa

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic داوى (dāwa).

dawa (Tifinagh spelling ⴷⴰⵡⴰ)

1. (transitive) to heal

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

• ddwa (“medicine”)
• amdawi (“healer”)

From Proto-Austronesian *zawa.

• (Sinūgan Parianun) IPA^(key): /dawa/ [d̪aˈwɑ]
• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: da‧wa

dawa (Sulat Sūg spelling دَوَ)

1. millet

dawa

1. soft mutation of tawa

dawa

1. everything

From Hausa dāwā̀.

• IPA^(key): /dá.wà/

dáwà

1. sorghum

   Synonyms: jéró, ọkà bàbà