owa

See also: Appendix:Variations of "owa"

Bavarian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɔːβɐ/

Etymology 1

From Middle High German abher, ab-her, abeher, equivalent to å + her. Compare archaic German abher.

Adverb

owa

  1. down, downwards (direction towards the speaker)
    Antonym: auffa
Usage notes

Bavarian adverbs of direction come in pairs: endings in -i or -e denote direction away from the speaker (akin to hi), and endings in -a denote direction towards the speaker (akin to her).

Etymology 2

From Middle High German aver, aber, from Old High German aber, abur, aver, avur, afur, from Proto-Germanic *aferą (“behind”). Compare German aber, Luxembourgish awer (“but”), Saterland Frisian oaber (“but”), Middle Low German āver, German Low German aver (“but”).

Conjunction

owa (coordinating)

  1. but; however; though
    Muagn håb i koa Zeit, owa åm Freidåg dadat's geng. ― I don't have time tomorrow, but Friday would be fine.

Bokar

Noun

owa

  1. fox

References

  • 欧阳觉亚 (1985) “owa”, in 珞巴族語言简志:崩尼-博嘎尔语‎[1], Beijing: 民族出版社, →OCLC, page 96

Edo

Etymology

From Proto-Edoid *U-bhaGɪ or Proto-Edoid *-baGɪ, cognates with Yekhee owa, Esan uwa, Urhobo uwevwi

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ò.wá/

Noun

owa

  1. house

Derived terms

  • owa amẹ (“water tank”)
  • owa ebe (“school”)
  • owa egbagbọ (“church”)
  • owa ekẹn (“mud house”)
  • owa ẹbọ (“temple”)
  • owa ẹki (“shop”)
  • owa ẹzọ (“native court building court”)
  • owa iyayi (“church”)

Indonesian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈo.wa/, [ˈo.wa]

Noun

owa (plural owa-owa)

  1. gibbon

Synonyms

Further reading

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɔ.va/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔva
  • Syllabification: o‧wa

Pronoun

owa

  1. feminine nominative/vocative singular of ów
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