sakwa
See also: sakwą
English
Noun
sakwa
- Alternative form of sakhua (“sal tree”).
Anagrams
Hopi
Adjective
sakwa
Polish
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin saccus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsa.kfa/
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -akfa
- Syllabification: sa‧kwa
Noun
sakwa f (diminutive sakiewka)
- money bag (bag used for holding money)
- pannier, saddlebag (large basket or bag fastened to the back of a bicycle or pack animal)
Declension
Declension of sakwa
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | sakwa | sakwy |
| genitive | sakwy | sakw |
| dative | sakwie | sakwom |
| accusative | sakwę | sakwy |
| instrumental | sakwą | sakwami |
| locative | sakwie | sakwach |
| vocative | sakwo | sakwy |
Further reading
- sakwa in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- sakwa in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Tagalog
Alternative forms
- sacua — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /sakˈwa/ [sɐkˈwa]
- Rhymes: -a
- Syllabification: sak‧wa
Etymology 1
From Hokkien 蕉葛 (chio-koah, “kudzu-hemp cloth woven from banana trunk fiber”), according to Manuel (1948).
Noun
sakwá (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜃ᜔ᜏ)
- enlarged stump or trunk of a banana plant (from which the roots issue, usually cut into pieces and used as animal feed, especially pigs)
- Synonym: tinampayakan
Etymology 2
Noun
sakwá (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜃ᜔ᜏ)
Further reading
- “sakwa”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2024
- “sakwa”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- Serrano-Laktaw, Pedro (1914) Diccionario tagálog-hispano, Ateneo de Manila, page 1126.
- Manuel, E. Arsenio (1948) Chinese elements in the Tagalog language: with some indication of Chinese influence on other Philippine languages and cultures and an excursion into Austronesian linguistics, Manila: Filipiniana Publications, page 48