bawa

See also: Bawa, ɓawa, and baŵa

Garawa

Noun

bawa

1. older sibling

References

• Ilana Mushin (2012), A Grammar of (Western) Garrwa, Berlin: De Gruyter, →ISBN

Hausa

Pronunciation

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

Noun

bāwā̀ m (feminine bâiwā, plural bāyī, possessed form bāwàn)

1. slave

Derived terms

• bàutā
• bautar
• bawan Allah

Indonesian

Etymology

Inherited from Malay bawa, from Proto-Malayic *baba, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baba, from Proto-Austronesian *baba.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈbawa/ [ˈba.wa]
• Rhymes: -awa
• Syllabification: ba‧wa

Verb

bawa (active membawa, passive dibawa)

1. to carry, bring, take

   Tadi belanjaanya dibawa oleh saya.

   The shopping was carried by me.

   Dia mau membawa anaknya ke pasar.

   She wants to take her child to the market.

2. to host

   Synonym: bawakan

   Mereka dijadwalkan untuk membawa acara bulan ini.

   They are scheduled to host an event this month.

3. (figurative) to involve (to entangle in a confusing or troublesome situation)

   Synonym: libatkan

Derived terms

• bawa-bawa (“to carry around”)
• bawaan (“default, conginetal; carriage, load; character”)
• bawakan (“to carry, bring (for); to perform”)
• berbawaan (“to equivale”)
• berpembawaan (“charactered, talented”)
• pembawa (“carrier, bringer”)
• pembawaan (“carriage; character, talent”)
• sepembawa
• terbawa (“carried, carried away”)
• terbawa-bawa (“carried away”)

References

• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*baba”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Further reading

• “bawa”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Kavalan

Noun

bawa

1. boat

Makasar

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baqbaq.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbawa]

Noun

bawa (Lontara spelling ᨅᨓ)

1. (anatomy) mouth

Malay

Alternative forms

• bak (slang)
• bawak (colloquial)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baba₁, from Proto-Austronesian *baba₁. Compare to Old Javanese wawa (“to bring, to carry”).

First attested in the Kedukan Bukit inscription, 683AD, as Old Malay [script needed] (mava) in inflected form mamāwa.

Pronunciation

• (schwa-variety) IPA^(key): /ˈbawə/ [ˈba.wə]

  • Audio (schwa-variety):

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• Rhymes: -awə
• (/a/-variety, Standard Literary) IPA^(key): /ˈbawa/ [ˈba.wa]
• Rhymes: -awa
• Hyphenation: ba‧wa

Verb

bawa (Jawi spelling باوا, active membawa, third-person passive dibawa)

1. to carry.
2. to bring, to take, to lead.

   Tolong bawa saya ke sana.

   Please take me there.

3. to cause something.
4. to involve into a certain event.
5. (informal) to drive a vehicle

   Bawa elok-elok kereta di jalan.

   Drive the car carefully on the road.

Derived terms

Affixafions

• membawa (“to bring”)
• membawai
• pembawa (“carrier; bringer; bearer”)
• terbawa

Descendants

• > Indonesian: bawa (inherited)

Further reading

• "bawa" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017

Maranao

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baba.

Verb

bawa

1. to carry (as on the back)

Southern Ndebele

Verb

-bawa^?

1. to request, to ask

Inflection

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Swahili

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

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Noun

bawa class V (plural mabawa class VI)

1. alternative form of ubawa

Tagalog

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈbawa/ [ˈbaː.wɐ]
• Rhymes: -awa
• Syllabification: ba‧wa

Noun

bawa (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜏ)

1. diminution; mitigation

Derived terms

• bawahan
• magbawa
• magpabawa
• makabawa
• makapagpabawa
• pagbabawa
• pagbawahin
• pagpapabawa
• papagbawahin
• walang-bawa

Determiner

bawa (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜏ) (obsolete)

1. each; every

   Synonyms: bawat, kada

See also

• bala
• halimbawa
• pawa

Further reading

• “bawa”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018

Ternate

Etymology

From Malay bawang.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈba.wa]

Noun

bawa

1. onion

References

• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001), A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

Waskia

Noun

bawa

1. brother

References

• Corinna Handschuh, A typology of marked-S languages

Welsh

Etymology

baw (“ordure”) +‎ -a.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbau̯a/

Verb

bawa (first-person singular present bawaf) (transitive)

1. to foul, to soil

   Synonyms: difwyno, baeddu, maesa

Mutation

Mutated forms of bawa

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
bawa	fawa	mawa	unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• D. G. Lewis, N. Lewis, editors (2005–present), “bawa”, in Gweiadur: the Welsh–English Dictionary, Gwerin
• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al., editors (1950–present), “bawa”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies