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Yes. The word mowa is a Scrabble US word. The word mowa is worth 9 points in Scrabble:

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4-letter words (1 found)

MOWA,

3-letter words (4 found)

MAW,MOA,MOW,OMA,

2-letter words (7 found)

AM,AW,MA,MO,OM,OW,WO,

You can make 12 words from mowa according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of mowa

mowa omwa mwoa wmoa owma woma moaw omaw maow amow oamw aomw mwao wmao mawo amwo wamo awmo owam woam oawm aowm waom awom

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Definitions and meaning of mowa

mowa

Noun

mowa (plural mowas)

  1. Alternative form of mahua

Chichewa

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmo.w⁽ᵝ⁾a/

Noun

moŵa class 3

  1. beer

Hausa

Pronunciation

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

Noun

mōwā̀ f (possessed form mōwàr̃)

  1. favorite wife

See also

  • bōrā̀

References

  • Paul Newman, A Hausa-English Dictionary (2007)

Old Polish

Alternative forms

  • mołwa

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *mъlva. First attested in the 14th century.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (10th–15th CE) /mɔ(ː)va/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /mɔva/, /mova/

Noun

mowa f

  1. speech (that which is said)
  2. loquaciousness
  3. speech (formal session of speaking, especially a long oral message given publicly by one person)
    Synonym: mówienie
  4. recommendation, command
  5. lecture on faith
  6. proverb
  7. speech (ability to speak)
  8. speech (manner of speaking)
  9. speech; language (body of words, and set of methods of combining them (called a grammar), understood by a community and used as a form of communication)
    Synonym: język
  10. fame

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Polish: mowa
  • Silesian: mŏwa

References

  • Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000) “mowa”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish)
  • B. Sieradzka-Baziur, editor (2011–2015), “mowa, mołwa”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN

Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish mowa.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmɔ.va/
  • (Middle Polish) IPA(key): /ˈmɔ.va/, /ˈmo.va/
  • Rhymes: -ɔva
  • Syllabification: mo‧wa

Noun

mowa f (diminutive mówka, augmentative mowisko)

  1. language, speech (means of communication)
    mowa ciała ― body language
  2. speech (ability to communicate)
    Synonym: głos
  3. speech (manner of communication)
  4. word (act of speaking or writing about a specific topic) [+ o (locative) = on what]
  5. (countable) speech (a formal session of speaking, especially a long oral message given publicly by one person) (oration, session of speaking)
    Synonyms: przemówienie, przemowa
  6. (literary) language (method of interhuman communication)
    Synonym: język
  7. language (expression of thought (the communication of meaning) in a specified way)
    mowa ciała ― body language
  8. (Middle Polish) pronunciation (manner of articulation)
    Synonym: wymowa

Declension

Interjection

mowa

  1. word (an affirmative reply; yes; certainly)
    Synonyms: a jak, a jakże, jak najbardziej, jakżeby inaczej, jasne, jeszcze jak, ma się rozumieć, naturalnie, oczywista, oczywiście, pewnie, rozumie się, rzecz jasna, rzecz oczywista, rzecz prosta, rzecz wiadoma

Particle

mowa

  1. (colloquial) word! (truth, indeed, that is the truth!)

Derived terms

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References

Further reading

  • mowa in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • mowa in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “mowa”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
  • “MOWA”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century], 15.06.2020
  • Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814) “mowa”, in Słownik języka polskiego‎[10]
  • Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “mowa”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861‎[11]
  • J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1902), “mowa”, in Słownik języka polskiego‎[12] (in Polish), volume 2, Warsaw, page 1052
  • Wanda Decyk-Zięba, editor (2018-2022), “mowa”, in Dydaktyczny Słownik Etymologiczno-historyczny Języka Polskiego [A Didactic, Historical, Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish), →ISBN

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