dawa

Borrowed from Swahili dawa (“medicine”).

dawa (plural dawas)

1. (East Africa) A medicine, particularly a native one or one used by witch doctors.
2. (Kenya) A cocktail made with vodka, honey, and lime juice.

• Awad, WADA, Wada, adaw

• IPA^(key): /ˈdawaʔ/, [ˈd̪a.waʔ]
• Hyphenation: da‧wa

dawà (Basahan spelling ᜇᜏ)

1. even if; even so; even though; although

   Synonym: maski

• Hyphenation: da‧wa
• IPA^(key): /ˈdawa/, [ˈd̪a.wʌ]

dáwa (Badlit spelling ᜇᜏ)

1. millet

   Synonym: kabog

• IPA^(key): /dáː.wàː/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [dáː.wàː]

dāwā̀ f (plural dāwōyī, possessed form dāwàr̃)

1. sorghum

• IPA^(key): /dá.wà/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [də́.wə̀]

dawà m (possessed form dawàn)

1. the bush, the forest

• mugun dawa

dawa m (plural dabee f)

1. hand, arm
2. instrument, custom, measures

• Mous, Maarten, Qorro, Martha, Kießling, Roland (2002) Iraqw-English Dictionary (Kuschitische Sprachstudien), volume 18, Köln, Germany: Rüdiger Köppe Verlag, →ISBN, page 19

dawa

1. Romanization of ꦢꦮ

• IPA^(key): [ˈdawa]

dawa

1. third-person singular present of dawaś

From Proto-Austronesian *zawa. Compare Hiligaynon dawa, Cebuano dawa, Tagalog dawa, Waray-Waray dawa, and Tausug dawa.

dawa

1. foxtail millet grain

• IPA^(key): /da.ˈwa/, [da.ˈwa]

dawa

1. cloth

dawa

1. lawsuit; a dispute carried before a court or authority.

• “Dawa” in Jonathan Rigg, A Dictionary of the Sunda language (1862), page 103.

From Arabic دَوَاء (dawāʔ).

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dawa (n class, plural dawa) or dawa (ma class, plural madawa)

1. medicine

In its strictest sense, this word means "medicine", but is used generally for anything that improves or protects the condition of another thing; for example dawa ya viatu (“dawa of the shoes”) means "shoe polish".

• dawa ya mapenzi (“love potion”)
• dawa ya meno (“toothpaste”)
• dawa ya mswaki (“toothpaste”)
• dawa ya viatu (“shoe polish”)
• dawa ya wadudu (“insecticide”)

• Baldi, Sergio (2020 November 30) Dictionary of Arabic Loanwords in the Languages of Central and East Africa (Handbuch der Orientalistik; Erste Abteilung: Der Nahe und der Mittlere Osten; 145), Leiden • Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 109 Nr. 969

• daua — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography

From Proto-Austronesian *zawa. Compare Hiligaynon dawa, Cebuano dawa, Puyuma dawa, Waray-Waray dawa, and Tausug dawa. Theorized also to be from Sanskrit यव (yava, “barley; grain; cereal”). See also Diyawa.

• IPA^(key): /ˈdawaʔ/, [ˈda.wɐʔ]

• IPA^(key): /ˈdawa/, [ˈda.wɐ] (obsolete)
• Hyphenation: da‧wa

dawà (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜏ)

1. millet (Panicum miliaceum)

• IPA^(key): /daˈwaʔ/, [dɐˈwaʔ]
• Hyphenation: da‧wa

dawâ (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜏ) (obsolete)

1. taking something out of a cave

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

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic داوى (dāwa).

dawa (Tifinagh spelling ⴷⴰⵡⴰ)

1. (transitive) to heal

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

• ddwa (“medicine”)
• amdawi (“healer”)

From Proto-Austronesian *zawa.

dawa

1. millet

dawa

1. Soft mutation of tawa.

dawa

1. everything

From Hausa dāwā̀.

• IPA^(key): /dá.wà/

dáwà

1. sorghum

   Synonyms: jéró, ọkà bàbà