shwa

English

Noun

shwa (plural shwas)

  1. Alternative form of schwa
    • 1979, Thomas Burrow, The problem of shwa in Sanskrit, page 33:
      This analysis arises only from the needs of the shwa theory, which does not allow short a to be the reduced grade of long a, and it has nothing else to recommend it.

Anagrams

Shona

Noun

shwá class 9 (plural shwá class 10)

  1. Karanga form of ishwa

Sotho

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-kúa.

Verb

shwa

  1. to die
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