wā

See also: Appendix:Variations of "wa"

Hawaiian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Polynesian *waa (“roar; talk loudly”), from Proto-Eastern Oceanic *waʀa "speak".

Verb

wā(intransitive)

  1. to make noise, to roar
  2. to talk a lot; to gossip
Derived terms
  • hoʻowā (“roar”, verb)
  • wawā (“tumultuous”)

Etymology 2

From Proto-Polynesian *wasa (“interval (of space or time)”) (compare with Maori wā (“to stamp, to trample, to brace with one's feet”), Tahitian va, Tongan vā (“distance”), Samoan vā (“space”)).[1][2]

Noun

wā

  1. time, time period, occasion
  2. (linguistics) tense
Derived terms
  • wā e hiki mai ana (“future tense or time”)
  • wā hala (“past tense”)
  • wā hoʻomaha (“vacation”)
  • wā hoʻomalolo (“breaktime”)
  • wā mahope (“future”)
  • wā pāʻani (“playtime”)
  • wā ua (“rainy season”)
  • wā ʻānō (“present tense”)

References

  1. ^ Pukui, Mary Kawena, Elbert, Samuel H. (1986) “wā”, in Hawaiian Dictionary, revised & enlarged edition, Honolulu, HI: University of Hawai'i Press, →ISBN, page 375
  2. ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “waa2”, in “POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online”, in Oceanic Linguistics, volume 50, number 2, pages 551-559

Mandarin

Romanization

wā (wa1, Zhuyin ㄨㄚ)

  1. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 凫
  2. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 劸
  3. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 哇
  4. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 啒
  5. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 嗗
  6. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 媧 / 娲
  7. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 徍
  8. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 挖
  9. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 搲
  10. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 攨
  11. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 汘
  12. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 汚, 污
  13. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 洼
  14. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 溛
  15. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 漥
  16. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 畖
  17. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 穵
  18. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 窊, 窌
  19. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 窪 / 洼
  20. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 聉
  21. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 蛙
  22. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鞉
  23. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鮭 / 鲑
  24. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鲐
  25. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鼃
  26. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 凹

Maori

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *wasa (“interval (of space or time)”) (compare with Hawaiian wā, Tahitian va, Tongan vā (“distance”), Samoan vā (“space”)).[1][2]

Noun

wā

  1. time

References

  1. ^ Tregear, Edward (1891) Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary‎[1], Wellington, New Zealand: Lyon and Blair, pages 583-4
  2. ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “waa2”, in “POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online”, in Oceanic Linguistics, volume 50, number 2, pages 551-559

Further reading

  • “wā” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.

Pukapukan

Pukapukan cardinal numbers
 <  3 4 5  > 
    Cardinal : wā
    Ordinal : wā

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *fa, from Proto-Oceanic *pat, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *pat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *əpat, from Proto-Austronesian *Səpat.

Numeral

wā

  1. four
  2. fourth

Further reading

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