Balinese

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /wasə/
  • Hyphenation: wa‧sa

Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Old Javanese waśa (power, force; dominion), from Sanskrit वश (vaśa, authority, power). Cognate to Indonesian kuasa (power, authority).

Noun

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wasa (Balinese script ᬯᬰ)

  1. power, authority

Etymology 2

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From Sanskrit वास (vāsa).

Noun

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wasa (Balinese script ᬯᬵᬲ)

  1. staying

Fijian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Central Pacific *wasa (compare Samoan vasa).

Noun

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wasa

  1. sea

Hausa

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Pronunciation

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

Noun

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wā̀sā m (plural wā̀sànnī, possessed form wā̀san)

  1. sport, game

Iranun

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ma-)basəq.

Adjective

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wasa

  1. wet

Javanese

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Romanization

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wasa

  1. romanization of ꦮꦱ

Maguindanao

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Etymology

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From basa, compare Mansaka basa.

Verb

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wasa

  1. to wet

Quechua

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Noun

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wasa

  1. back (body part)

Declension

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Declension of wasa
singular plural
nominative wasa wasakuna
accusative wasata wasakunata
dative wasaman wasakunaman
genitive wasap wasakunap
locative wasapi wasakunapi
terminative wasakama wasakunakama
ablative wasamanta wasakunamanta
instrumental wasawan wasakunawan
comitative wasantin wasakunantin
abessive wasannaq wasakunannaq
comparative wasahina wasakunahina
causative wasarayku wasakunarayku
benefactive wasapaq wasakunapaq
associative wasapura wasakunapura
distributive wasanka wasakunanka
exclusive wasalla wasakunalla
Possessive forms of wasa
ñuqap - first-person singular
ñuqap (my) singular plural
nominative wasay wasaykuna
accusative wasayta wasaykunata
dative wasayman wasaykunaman
genitive wasaypa wasaykunap
locative wasaypi wasaykunapi
terminative wasaykama wasaykunakama
ablative wasaymanta wasaykunamanta
instrumental wasaywan wasaykunawan
comitative wasaynintin wasaykunantin
abessive wasayninnaq wasaykunannaq
comparative wasayhina wasaykunahina
causative wasayrayku wasaykunarayku
benefactive wasaypaq wasaykunapaq
associative wasaypura wasaykunapura
distributive wasayninka wasaykunanka
exclusive wasaylla wasaykunalla
paypa - third-person singular
paypa (his/her/its) singular plural
nominative wasan wasankuna
accusative wasanta wasankunata
dative wasanman wasankunaman
genitive wasanpa wasankunap
locative wasanpi wasankunapi
terminative wasankama wasankunakama
ablative wasanmanta wasankunamanta
instrumental wasanwan wasankunawan
comitative wasanintin wasankunantin
abessive wasanninnaq wasankunannaq
comparative wasanhina wasankunahina
causative wasanrayku wasankunarayku
benefactive wasanpaq wasankunapaq
associative wasanpura wasankunapura
distributive wasaninka wasankunanka
exclusive wasanlla wasankunalla
ñuqaykup - first-person exclusive plural
ñuqaykup (our(excl)) singular plural
nominative wasayku wasaykukuna
accusative wasaykuta wasaykukunata
dative wasaykuman wasaykukunaman
genitive wasaykupa wasaykukunap
locative wasaykupi wasaykukunapi
terminative wasaykukama wasaykukunakama
ablative wasaykumanta wasaykukunamanta
instrumental wasaykuwan wasaykukunawan
comitative wasaykuntin wasaykukunantin
abessive wasaykunnaq wasaykukunannaq
comparative wasaykuhina wasaykukunahina
causative wasaykurayku wasaykukunarayku
benefactive wasaykupaq wasaykukunapaq
associative wasaykupura wasaykukunapura
distributive wasaykunka wasaykukunanka
exclusive wasaykulla wasaykukunalla

Ye'kwana

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Variant orthographies
ALIV wasa
Brazilian standard wasa
New Tribes wasa

Pronunciation

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Noun

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wasa (possessed wasadü)

  1. mane; thick, unruly hair

References

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  • Cáceres, Natalia (2011), “wasa”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana[1], Lyon