hawa

See also: Hawa

Afar

Etymology

From Arabic هَوَاء (hawāʔ, air, atmosphere).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /haˈwa/ [hʌˈwʌ]
  • Hyphenation: ha‧wa

Noun

hawá f 

  1. climate

References

  • Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)[2], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis), page 74

Cebuano

Verb

hawà

  1. to leave

Garo

Etymology

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Pronoun

hawa

  1. (distal) that one (far), way over there

Indonesian

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Inherited from Malay hawa, from Arabic هَوَاء (hawāʔ, air, atmosphere).[1]

Noun

hawa (plural hawa-hawa)

  1. atmosphere, air
    1. the gases surrounding the Earth or any astronomical body
    2. the air in a particular place
    Synonyms: atmosfer, udara
  2. climate
    Synonym: iklim

Affixed terms

  • berhawa
  • hawa daba
  • menghawa
  • menghawakan
  • penghawaan

Etymology 2

Inherited from Malay hawa, from Arabic هَوَى (hawā, love, desire, passion).

Noun

hawa (plural hawa-hawa)

  1. desire
    Synonyms: keinginan, nafsu

Affixed terms

  • hawa nafsu

Etymology 3

From Arabic حَوَّاء (ḥawwāʔ, Eve), from Hebrew חוה (ḥawwâ).

Noun

hawa (plural hawa-hawa)

  1. (colloquial) female
    Synonym: perempuan
Alternative forms

References

  1. ^ Erwina Burhanuddin, Abdul Gaffar Ruskhan, R.B. Chrismanto (1993) Penelitian kosakata bahasa Arab dalam bahasa Indonesia [Research on Arabic vocabulary in Indonesian]‎[1], Jakarta: Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa, Departemen Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan, →ISBN, →OCLC

Further reading

Javanese

Romanization

hawa

  1. romanization of ꦲꦮ

Malay

Etymology 1

From Arabic هَوَاء (hawāʔ, air, atmosphere).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /hawa/
  • Rhymes: -awa
  • (Johor-Riau) IPA(key): [häwə]

Noun

hawa

  1. atmosphere, air.
    1. the gases surrounding the Earth or any astronomical body.
    2. the air in a particular place.
    Synonyms: atmosfera, udara
  2. climate
    Synonym: iklim
Descendants
  • Javanese: ꦲꦮ (awa)
  • Indonesian: hawa
  • North Moluccan Malay: hawa

Affixed terms

  • berhawa
  • menghawa
  • menghawakan
  • penghawa
  • penghawaan

Etymology 2

From Arabic هَوَى (hawā, love, desire, passion).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /hawa/
  • Rhymes: -awa, -wa, -a
  • (Johor-Riau) IPA(key): [häwə]

Noun

hawa

  1. desire.
    Synonyms: keinginan, nafsu
Descendants
  • Balinese: ᬳᬯ (hawa)
  • Madurese: ꦲꦮ (hḁwḁ)
  • Indonesian: hawa
  • North Moluccan Malay: hawá

Further reading

North Moluccan Malay

Etymology 1

From Malay hawa, from Arabic هَوَاء (hawāʔ, air, atmosphere).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈha.wa/
  • Hyphenation: ha‧wa

Noun

hawa

  1. air, the air in particular area

Etymology 2

From Malay hawa, from Arabic هَوَى (hawā, love, desire, passion).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /haˈwa/
  • Hyphenation: ha‧wa

Noun

hawá

  1. lust, desire
  2. obsession

Verb

hawá

  1. to lust, desire
  2. to obsess

Swahili

Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

Borrowed from Arabic هَوَى (hawā, love, desire, passion).

Noun

hawa class IX (plural hawa class X)

  1. longing, desire

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

hawa

  1. wa class(II) inflected form of hii

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Etymology

Compare Malay hawa (air; climate).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog)
    • IPA(key): /ˈhawa/ [ˈhaː.wɐ]
      • Rhymes: -awa
    • IPA(key): /ˈhawaʔ/ [ˈhaː.wɐʔ] (nonstandard)
      • Rhymes: -awaʔ
  • Syllabification: ha‧wa

Noun

hawa or hawà (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜏ)

  1. transmission of a disease
    Synonyms: lalin, pagkalalin
  2. contagion; disease spread by contact
    Synonym: impeksiyon
  3. stain or discoloration by a foreign substance
    Synonyms: mantsa, lalin
  4. person related by marriage

Derived terms

  • hawa-hawa
  • hawaan
  • hawahan
  • mahawa
  • mahawaan
  • mahawahan
  • makahawa
  • makapanghawa
  • manghawa
  • nakahahawa
  • pagkahawa

Adjective

hawa or hawà (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜏ)

  1. caused by contact, contamination, or infection (of a disease)
  2. caused by a foreign matter (of a stain or discoloration)
  3. related to one's family by marriage

Further reading

  • hawa”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

Tatar

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian هوا (havâ) or Arabic هَوَاء (hawāʔ).

Noun

hawa (Cyrillic spelling һава)

  1. air, heaven, sky

Declension

Further reading