barwa

• IPA^(key): /barˈwa/, [bʌɾˈwʌ]
• Hyphenation: bar‧wa

barwá f

1. plural of báru

• Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2004) Parlons Afar: Langue et Culture, L'Hammartan, →ISBN, page 31

From Swahili [Term?].

barwa f (plural barwadu n)

1. letter

• Mous, Maarten, Qorro, Martha, Kießling, Roland (2002) Iraqw-English Dictionary (Kuschitische Sprachstudien), volume 18, Köln, Germany: Rüdiger Köppe Verlag, →ISBN, page 12

Ultimately from Middle High German varwe (perhaps via Czech barva or Polish barwa), from Old High German farawa, from Proto-Germanic *farwō. Compare also Upper Sorbian barba, Slovene barva, and Belarusian and Ukrainian барва (barva).

• IPA^(key): /ˈbarva/

barwa f inan

1. color

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

Inherited from Old Polish barwa, from Czech barva, from Middle High German varwe.[1] Doublet of farba.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbar.va/

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• Rhymes: -arva
• Syllabification: bar‧wa

barwa f

1. color, hue, tint (of an object)

   Synonyms: kolor, odcień, ubarwienie, zabarwienie

2. (literary) color, shade, hue (a particular thing that gives a person an object a certain character)

   Synonyms: charakter, zabarwienie

3. tone, timbre (the quality of a human's voice)

   Synonyms: brzmienie, ton, zabarwienie

4. dye (something used to change the color of something else)
5. (in the plural) colors (color used to represent a nation)
6. (in the plural) colors (color used to represent a team or sports club)

• → Belarusian: ба́рва (bárva)
• → Ukrainian: ба́рва (bárva)

• barwa in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• barwa in Polish dictionaries at PWN