lawa

See also: lâwa, Lawa, Läwa, lawá, lawaʼ, ława, lawą, ławą, łāwa, and -lawa

Alangan

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lawaq.

Noun

lawà

  1. spider

Bikol Central

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lawaq.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: la‧wa
  • IPA(key): /ˈlawaʔ/, [ˈl̪a.waʔ]

Noun

lawà

  1. spider

Brunei Malay

Adjective

lawa

  1. beautiful

Antonyms

Butuanon

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lawaq.

Noun

lawa

  1. spider

Chickasaw

Etymology

Cognate with Choctaw lawa (many, much), Koasati lawa (many).

Pronoun

lawa

  1. a lot

Verb

lawa (active, in/transitive)

  1. (intransitive) to be many
  2. (intransitive) to be a lot
  3. (intransitive) to be a bunch
  4. (transitive) to be a lot in (a place)

Inflection

Choctaw

Alternative forms

Etymology

Cognate with Koasati lawa (many)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /laˈwa(h)/
  • Transcription: lawah

Adjective

lawa

  1. many. much
  2. a lot of
  3. too much

Fijian

Noun

lawa

  1. net, fishing net
  2. snare

Verb

lawa (lawa-vaka, lawavaka)

  1. to ambush (in war)

lawa (lawa-na, lawana)

  1. (transitive) to accuse (on suspicion alone)

Higaonon

Etymology 1

Akin to Western Bukidnon Manobo lawa.

Noun

lawa

  1. body

Etymology 2

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lawaq. Akin to Cebuano lawalawa.

Noun

lawa

  1. spider

Iban

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /la.wa/

Adjective

lawa

  1. beautiful, good-looking, pretty
    Synonym: bajik
    Lawa amat indu nya!
    That lady is so beautiful!
  2. arrogant

Indonesian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /la.wa/
  • Rhymes: -la
  • Hyphenation: la‧wa

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Makasar [Term?] and Buginese [Term?].

Noun

lawa (plural lawa-lawa, first-person possessive lawaku, second-person possessive lawamu, third-person possessive lawanya)

  1. (cooking) salad
    Synonym: urap
  2. (cooking) Buginese dish made from raw fish or banana blossoms, mixed with grated or fried coconut, spices, and vinegar
Derived terms
  • lawa pisang batu

Etymology 2

Unknown, inherited from Malay lawa (board), probably from Old Javanese lawa (fragment, piece), from Sanskrit लव (lava).

Noun

lawa (plural lawa-lawa, first-person possessive lawaku, second-person possessive lawamu, third-person possessive lawanya)

  1. (archaic) crossbar on boats and so on
  2. (archaic) barrier, obstacle
    Synonym: rintangan
  3. (archaic) roadblock
Derived terms
  • melawa
  • pelawa

Etymology 3

inherited from Malay lawa (beautiful).

Adjective

lawa

  1. beautiful
    Synonym: indah
Derived terms
  • melawa

Further reading

Javanese

Romanization

lawa

  1. Romanization of ꦭꦮ

Kagayanen

Noun

lawa

  1. (anatomy) body

Lindu

Noun

lawa

  1. hindrance; obstacle

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈlawa]

Noun

lawa

  1. genitive singular of law
  2. accusative singular of law
  3. nominative dual of law

Malay

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lawa/
    • Note: Unlike in many other words in Johor-Riau Malay that end with an /a/, the word-final /a/ in this word is not realized as a schwa [ə].
  • Rhymes: -wa, -a

Adjective

lawa (Jawi spelling لاوا)

  1. beautiful
    Synonyms: cantik, molek
    Lawanya perempuan itu!
    That girl is so beautiful!

Affixations

  • dilawakan
  • lawakan
  • melawa
  • melawakan

Descendants

  • > Indonesian: lawa (inherited)

Further reading

Mansaka

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lawaq.

Noun

lawa

  1. spider

Masbatenyo

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lawaq.

Noun

lawà

  1. spider

Old Javanese

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit लव (lava).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /la.wa/
  • Rhymes: -wa
  • Homophone: lawā
  • Hyphenation: la‧wa

Noun

lawa

  1. fragment, piece
  2. minute of time

Derived terms

  • lawā-lawā
  • linawā-lawan
  • lumawā-lawā

Descendants

  • >? Malay: lawa
    • > Indonesian: lawa (inherited)

Further reading

  • "lawa" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

Polish

lawa

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian lava.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈla.va/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ava
  • Syllabification: la‧wa

Noun

lawa f

  1. lava (molten rock ejected by a volcano from its crater or fissured sides)

Declension

Derived terms

adjective

Further reading

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

Quechua

Noun

lawa

  1. a gruel made flour, water, and salt; sometimes prepared with maize

Declension

Ratagnon

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lawaq.

Noun

lawa

  1. spider

Swazi

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronoun

lawa

  1. those over there, yonder; class 6 remote demonstrative.

Tagakaulu Kalagan

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lawaq.

Noun

lawa

  1. spider

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈlawaʔ/ [ˈla.wɐʔ]
  • Rhymes: -awaʔ
  • Syllabification: la‧wa

Etymology 1

From Western Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *rawaq (swamp; morass). Cognate with Javanese ꦫꦮ (rawa), Indonesian, and Malay rawa / rawah (marsh).

Noun

lawà (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜏ)

  1. lake; lagoon
    Synonyms: dagat-dagatan, pulilan, laguna, danaw, lanaw
  2. any small flooded area
    Synonym: sanaw
Derived terms

Adjective

lawà (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜏ)

  1. (figurative) flooded; covered with water
    Synonym: sanaw

Etymology 2

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lawaq. Doublet of alalawa. Compare Bikol Central lawa, Butuanon lawa, and Waray-Waray lawa.

Noun

lawà (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜏ)

  1. (dialectal, Quezon, Marinduque) spider
    Synonyms: gagamba, alalawa, lawa-lawa, (uncommon) aranya

Further reading

  • lawa”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

Tausug

Etymology 1

Unknown.

Noun

lawa

  1. left hand, foot or limb
    Napukul in lawa niya.
    His left hand was amputated.
  2. left side
Antonyms

Etymology 2

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lawaq.

Noun

lawa

  1. spider

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From Malay labah-labah.

Noun

lawa

  1. spider

Waray-Waray

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lawaq.

Noun

lawà

  1. spider

West Makian

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /ˈl̪a.wa/

Noun

lawa

  1. a door

References

  • Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours, Pacific linguistics

Western Bukidnon Manobo

Etymology

Akin to Higaonon lawa.

Noun

lawa

  1. body

Xhosa

Alternative forms

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronoun

lawa

  1. those over there, yonder; class 6 remote demonstrative.
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