dwa

See also: Dwa, dwA, d̪wa, and DWA

Translingual

Symbol

dwa

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Diri.

See also

  • Wiktionary’s coverage of Diri terms

Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French droit (right).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dwa/

Noun

dwa

  1. right (legal or moral entitlement)

Kashubian

Kashubian numbers (edit)
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    Cardinal: dwa

Etymology

    Inherited from Proto-Slavic *dъva.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈdva/
    • Rhymes: -a
    • Syllabification: dwa

    Numeral

    dwa

    1. two

    Declension

    Declension of dwa (irregular)
    plural masculine feminine neuter
    personal nonpersonal
    nominative dwaj, dwaji dwa dwie dwa
    genitive dwùch
    dative dwùma, dwùm
    accusative dwùch dwa dwie dwa
    instrumental dwùm
    locative dwùch

    Further reading

    • Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “dwa”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi[1]
    • dwa”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022

    Lower Sorbian

    Lower Sorbian cardinal numbers
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        Cardinal : dwa
        Ordinal : drugi

    Etymology

    Inherited from Proto-Slavic *dъva.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈdwa/
    • Rhymes: -a
    • Syllabification: dwa

    Numeral

    dwa (feminine/neuter dwě)

    1. two

    Declension

    Further reading

    • Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928) “dwa”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
    • Starosta, Manfred (1999) “dwa”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag

    Old Frisian

    Alternative forms

    Etymology

    From Proto-West Germanic *dōn, from Proto-Germanic *dōną, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-. Cognates include Old English dōn, Old Saxon dōn and Old Dutch duon.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈdwaː/

    Verb

    dwā

    1. (transitive) to do

    Conjugation

    Conjugation of dwā (irregular)
    infinitive dwā
    indicative present past
    1st person singular dwē dēde
    2nd person singular dēst dēde
    3rd person singular dēt(h) dēde
    plural dwāt(h), dwā dēden
    subjunctive present past
    singular dwē dēde
    plural dwā dēden
    imperative present
    singular -
    plural dwāt(h)
    participle present past
    - (e)dēn, dīen

    Descendants

    • North Frisian:
      Föhr-Amrum: du
      Mooring: düünj
    • Saterland Frisian: dwo
    • West Frisian: dwaan

    References

    • Bremmer, Rolf H. (2009) An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN

    Old Polish

    Etymology

      Inherited from Proto-Slavic *dъva. First attested in the 14th century.

      Pronunciation

      • IPA(key): (10th–15th CE) /dva/
      • IPA(key): (15th CE) /dva/

      Numeral

      dwa

      1. two

      Declension

      This numeral needs an inflection-table template.

      Descendants

      References

      • B. Sieradzka-Baziur, Ewa Deptuchowa, Joanna Duska, Mariusz Frodyma, Beata Hejmo, Dorota Janeczko, Katarzyna Jasińska, Krystyna Kajtoch, Joanna Kozioł, Marian Kucała, Dorota Mika, Gabriela Niemiec, Urszula Poprawska, Elżbieta Supranowicz, Ludwika Szelachowska-Winiarzowa, Zofia Wanicowa, Piotr Szpor, Bartłomiej Borek, editors (2011–2015), “dwa”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN

      Old Sundanese

      Old Sundanese cardinal numbers
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          Cardinal : dwa
          Ordinal : kadwa, karo

      Alternative forms

      Etymology

      Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *duha, from Proto-Austronesian *duSa. Not related with Sanskrit द्व (dva)

      Pronunciation

      • IPA(key): /dwa/, /du.wa/

      Numeral

      dwa

      1. two
        • 1518, Sanghyang Siksa Kandang Karesian (Kropak 630), folio 19, verso:
          "Upama uraṅ mandi, cai patĕmuan heṅan ta na cai dwa pilihanĕnāna; nu kiruh dĕṅĕn nū heraṅ"
          Like when we bathe, the water we find will only have two choices: the turbid one, and the clear one."

      Derived terms

      • midwakeun
      • pangadwa

      Further reading

      Polish

      Polish numbers (edit)
      20
       ←  1 2 3  → 
          Cardinal: dwa
          Ordinal: drugi
          Adverbial: dwukrotnie, dwakroć
          Multiplier: podwójny, dwukrotny
          Distributive: podwójnie
          Adverbial qualitative: dwojako, dwoiście
          Multiplier qualitative: dwojaki, dwoisty
          Collective: dwoje, oboje, obydwoje
          Additional collective: oba, obydwa, para, duet
          Fractional: pół, połowa, połówka
          Numeral noun: dwójka
          Relational adjective: dwójkowy
          Related verb: dwoić

      Etymology

        Inherited from Old Polish dwa.

        Pronunciation

         
        • IPA(key): /ˈdva/
        • Audio 1:(file)
        • Audio 2:(file)
        • Rhymes: -a
        • Syllabification: dwa

        Numeral

        dwa

        1. two

        Declension

        Noun

        dwa n (indeclinable)

        1. (education) two (grade in school)

        Coordinate terms

        adjectives
        nouns
        prefix

        Trivia

        According to Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej (1990), dwa is one of the most used words in Polish, appearing 199 times in scientific texts, 322 times in news, 157 times in essays, 147 times in fiction, and 111 times in plays, each out of a corpus of 100,000 words, totaling 936 times, making it the 42nd most common word in a corpus of 500,000 words.[1]

        References

        1. ^ Ida Kurcz (1990) “dwa”, in Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej [Frequency dictionary of the Polish language] (in Polish), volume 1, Kraków, Warszawa: Polska Akademia Nauk. Instytut Języka Polskiego, page 95

        Further reading

        Silesian

        Silesian cardinal numbers
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            Cardinal : dwa
            Ordinal : drugi
            Adverbial : dwakroć
            Multiplier : dwojisty
            Collective : dwoje
            Fractional : pōłowa

        Etymology

          Inherited from Old Polish dwa.

          Pronunciation

          • IPA(key): /ˈdva/
          • Audio:(file)
          • Rhymes: -a
          • Syllabification: dwa

          Numeral

          dwa

          1. two
          noun
          • dwōjka

          Further reading

          • dwa in silling.org

          Slovincian

          Etymology

            Inherited from Proto-Slavic *dъva.

            Pronunciation

            • IPA(key): /ˈdva/
            • Rhymes: -a
            • Syllabification: dwa

            Numeral

            dwa

            1. two

            References

            Xhosa

            Etymology

            (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

            Adverb

            -dwa

            1. (with quantitative concord) alone, only

            Derived terms

            • kodwa

            Zulu

            Etymology

            (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

            Pronunciation

            IPA(key): /dwa/

            Adverb

            -dwa

            1. (with quantitative concord) alone, just, only, solely
            2. (with quantitative and relative concords) one, only, sole

            Derived terms

            • kodwa

            References