sawa

sawa (uncountable)

1. Synonym of Japanese millet (“Echinochloa esculenta”)

From Proto-Philippine *sawa, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sawa.

sawa

1. snake

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *sawa, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sawa (cf. Cebuano sawa, Indonesian sawa, Malay sawa, Tagalog sawa).

• IPA^(key): /saˈwa/ [saˈwa]
• Hyphenation: sa‧wa

sawá (Basahan spelling ᜐᜏ)

1. python; boa constrictor

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *sawəqaq, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sawəqaq (“eat too much, bored”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈsawaʔ/ [ˈsa.waʔ]
• Hyphenation: sa‧wa

sawà (plural sarawa, Basahan spelling ᜐᜏ)

1. bored; fed up; sick and tired

   Synonyms: suya, umoy

   Sawa na ako sa mga kalokohan ninda.

   I'm fed up with all of their nonsense.

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *sawa, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sawa (cf. Bikol Central sawa, Indonesian sawa, Malay sawa, Tagalog sawa).

• IPA^(key): /saˈwa/ [s̪ɐˈwa]
• Hyphenation: sa‧wa

sawá (Badlit spelling ᜐᜏ)

1. the reticulated python (Malayapython reticulatus)
2. (colloquial) any large snake

sawa

1. wet, moist

• sawah (superseded)

Borrowed from Malay sawah.

• IPA^(key): /ˈsaː.ʋaː/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: sa‧wa

sawa m (plural sawa's)

1. rice paddy

sawa

1. who

   Na·a sako nikaha?

   Who did you see?

sawa

1. to be who

   Na·a sawa?

   Who are you?

sawa

1. Rōmaji transcription of さわ

sawa

1. spouse

Compare Asi sawa (“snake”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈsawa/, [ˈsa.wa]

sawa

1. snake

sawa

1. raccoon

sawa

1. three

sawa (invariable)

1. same
2. identical

• “sawa” in Outils & Ressources pour l'Exploitation de la Langue Comorienne, 2008.

Borrowed from Arabic سَوَاء (sawāʔ).^[1]

• Audio (Kenya):

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sawa (invariable)

1. equal

   Yeye ni mnene sawa na mimi.

   S/He is as fat as I am.

sawa

1. okay

• Verbal derivations:
  • Causative: -sawazisha (“to make equal”)
  • Stative: -sawazika

• Other derivations:
  • sawasawa

• saua — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling

From Proto-Philippine *sawa, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sawa (cf. Bikol Central sawa, Cebuano sawa, Indonesian sawa, Malay sawa).

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /saˈwa/ [sɐˈwa]
• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: sa‧wa

sawá (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜏ)

1. boa constrictor

   Synonym: manlilingkis

2. python, esp. the reticulated python
3. any large snake that crushes its prey

• sawang-bitin

From Proto-Philippine *sawəqaq, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sawəqaq (“eat too much, bored”) (cf. Cebuano saw-a, Kapampangan sawa).

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key): /saˈwaʔ/ [sɐˈwaʔ] (adjective)
    • Rhymes: -aʔ
  • IPA^(key): /ˈsawaʔ/ [ˈsaː.wɐʔ] (noun)
    • Rhymes: -awaʔ
• Syllabification: sa‧wa

sawâ (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜏ)

1. fed up; having lost interest in

   Sawa na ako sa mga kalokohan nila.

   I'm all fed up by their nonsense.

2. satiated; surfeited; sated

   Synonym: suya

sawà (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜏ)

1. condition of being fed up or having lost interest

   Synonyms: suya, pagkasuya

2. satiety; surfeit; overindulgence in food or drink

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

• awas

• IPA^(key): /ˈs̪a.wa/

sawa

1. alternative form of saawa (“goanna”)

• Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎^[1], Pacific linguistics