zuwa

Bavarian

Etymology

Equivalent to zu + her. Compare archaic German zuher.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈt͡suˑβɐ/

Adverb

zuwa

  1. here (direction towards the speaker)
    Kumm zuwa då! ― Come here!

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).

Hausa

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /zú.wàː/
    • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [zʊ́.wàː]

Noun

zuwā̀ m (possessed form zuwàn)

  1. arrival

Preposition

zuwā̀

  1. to, towards
  2. to, into
  3. as far as, up to, until

References

  • Newman, Paul (2007) A Hausa-English Dictionary (Yale Language Series), New Haven, London: Yale University Press, →ISBN, page 234.
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