pawa

pawa (plural pawas)

1. (New Zealand) An edible univalve mollusc of the genus Haliotis, having a shell lined with mother-of-pearl.
   • 1912, Katherine Mansfield, The Woman at the Store, from "Selected Short Stories"

     One little patch was divided off by pawa shells […]

• pāua (New Zealand)
• abalone (US, Australia)
• ear-shell (UK),
• ormer (Guernsey)
• perlemoen (South Africa)

• WAPA

pawa

1. (Mpakwithi) egg

• Terry Crowley, The Mpakwithi dialect of Anguthimri (1981), page 187

pawa

1. field

From paw (“peacock”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈpawa/

pawa f

1. peahen

pawa

1. inflection of paw:
   1. genitive/accusative singular
   2. nominative dual

• Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928) “pawa”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
• Starosta, Manfred (1999) “pawa”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag

From Xiamen Hokkien 包仔 (pau-á, “baozi”).

• IPA^(key): /paˈwa/, [pʰa.ˈwa]
• Hyphenation: pa‧wa

pawa (Lontara spelling ᨄᨓ)

1. baozi, a steamed stuffed bun with mixed peanut crumbs, sesame seeds and sugar filling.

• A. A. Cense (2024) Makassaars-Nederlands woordenboek‎^[1], Brill, →DOI

• pēa

From Proto-West Germanic *pāwō.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɑː.wɑ/

pāwa m

1. peacock
   • c. 1000, The Wonders of the East‎^[2]:

     Fēnixas habbaþ cambas on hēafde swā pāwan.

     Phoenixes have crests on their head like peacocks.

Weak:

• Audio (Kenya):

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

-pawa (infinitive kupawa)

1. (dialectal or archaic) Passive form of -pa

Conjugation of -pawa
Positive present -napawa Subjunctive -pawe Negative -pawi Imperative singular pawa
Infinitives
Positive kupawa Negative kutopawa
Imperatives
Singular pawa Plural paweni
Tensed forms
Habitual hupawa Positive past positive subject concord + -lipawa Negative past negative subject concord + -kupawa
Positive present (positive subject concord + -napawa) Singular Plural 1st person ninapawa/napawa tunapawa 2nd person unapawa mnapawa 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anapawa wanapawa other classes positive subject concord + -napawa
Negative present (negative subject concord + -pawi) Singular Plural 1st person sipawi hatupawi 2nd person hupawi hampawi 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hapawi hawapawi other classes negative subject concord + -pawi
Positive future positive subject concord + -tapawa Negative future negative subject concord + -tapawa
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -pawe) Singular Plural 1st person nipawe tupawe 2nd person upawe mpawe 3rd person m-wa(I/II) apawe wapawe other classes positive subject concord + -pawe
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sipawe Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngepawa Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singepawa Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalipawa Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalipawa
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -apawa) Singular Plural 1st person napawa twapawa 2nd person wapawa mwapawa 3rd person m-wa(I/II) apawa wapawa m-mi(III/IV) wapawa yapawa ji-ma(V/VI) lapawa yapawa ki-vi(VII/VIII) chapawa vyapawa n(IX/X) yapawa zapawa u(XI) wapawa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwapawa pa(XVI) papawa mu(XVIII) mwapawa
Perfect positive subject concord + -mepawa "Already" positive subject concord + -meshapawa "Not yet" negative subject concord + -japawa "If/When" positive subject concord + -kipawa "If not" positive subject concord + -sipopawa Consecutive kapawa / positive subject concord + -kapawa Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kapawe
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nipawa -tupawa 2nd person -kupawa -wapawa/-kupaweni/-wapaweni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mpawa -wapawa m-mi(III/IV) -upawa -ipawa ji-ma(V/VI) -lipawa -yapawa ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kipawa -vipawa n(IX/X) -ipawa -zipawa u(XI) -upawa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kupawa pa(XVI) -papawa mu(XVIII) -mupawa Reflexive -jipawa
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -pawa- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -pawaye -pawao m-mi(III/IV) -pawao -pawayo ji-ma(V/VI) -pawalo -pawayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -pawacho -pawavyo n(IX/X) -pawayo -pawazo u(XI) -pawao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -pawako pa(XVI) -pawapo mu(XVIII) -pawamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -pawa) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yepawa -opawa m-mi(III/IV) -opawa -yopawa ji-ma(V/VI) -lopawa -yopawa ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chopawa -vyopawa n(IX/X) -yopawa -zopawa u(XI) -opawa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kopawa pa(XVI) -popawa mu(XVIII) -mopawa
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

pawa

1. plural of upawa

Compare Kapampangan paua.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈpawaʔ/ [ˈpaː.wɐʔ]
• Rhymes: -awaʔ
• Syllabification: pa‧wa

pawà (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜏ)

1. all

   Synonym: lahat

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

• apaw

From English power.

pawa

1. power
2. strength
3. electricity

pawa

1. water

• Frank J. F. Wordick, The Yindjibarndi Language (1982)