kwa

• IPA^(key): /koa/

kwa

1. sky

• Leenhardt, M. (1946) Langues et dialectes de l'Austro-Mèlanèsie. Cited in: "ⁿDuᵐbea" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271–283.
• Shintani, T.L.A. & Païta, Y. (1990) Dictionnaire de la langue de Païta, Nouméa: Sociéte d'etudes historiques de Nouvelle-Calédonie. Cited in: "Drubea" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271–283.

From French croix (“cross”).

• IPA^(key): /kwa/

kwa

1. cross

kwa

1. Rōmaji transcription of くゎ
2. Rōmaji transcription of くぁ
3. Rōmaji transcription of クヮ
4. Rōmaji transcription of クァ

Cognate with Sotho utlwa.

kwa

1. to hear, to listen

• IPA^(key): /kʷa/

-kwa

1. (transitive) to eat

   Maka shikwakan ne pujpula selek

   Don't eat the plantains uncooked

Onomatopoeic.

• IPA^(key): /kfa/

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• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: kwa

kwa

1. (usually reduplicated) quack; onomatopoeia for the sound of a duck

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

-kwá (infinitive gukwá, perfective -kôye)

1. pay bride price

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kwa

1. Ku class inflected form of -a.
2. -ly (used before nouns to form adverbs of manner, instrument, etc.)

kwa

1. by, with
2. for
3. from
4. Makes fractions where the numerator is not one, in the format denominator kwa numerator.

• kwa heri
• kwa nini
• kwa vile
• kwa shingo upande

kwa

1. in terms of

   Sina is kwa ynwennertal it grutste lân op de wrâld. -- In terms of number of inhabitants, China is the greatest country in the world.