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4-letter words (1 found)

TAWA,

3-letter words (4 found)

AWA,TAW,TWA,WAT,

2-letter words (4 found)

AA,AT,AW,TA,

You can make 9 words from tawa according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of tawa

tawa atwa twaa wtaa awta wata taaw ataw taaw ataw aatw aatw twaa wtaa tawa atwa wata awta awat waat aawt aawt waat awat

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Definitions and meaning of tawa

tawa

Etymology 1

From Hindi तवा (tavā).

Alternative forms

  • tava

Noun

tawa (plural tawas)

  1. (South Asia) A frying pan or griddle.

Etymology 2

From Maori.

Noun

tawa (plural tawas)

  1. Beilschmiedia tawa, a New Zealand broadleaf tree.

Anagrams

  • Awat

Ajië

Noun

tawa

  1. dog

References

  • Corinna Handschuh, A typology of marked-S languages

Cebuano

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tawa, from Proto-Austronesian *Cawa.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: ta‧wa
  • IPA(key): /taˈwa/, [t̪ʌˈwa]

Adjective

tawá

  1. jovial (of face or visage)

Derived terms

Fijian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ta.ɰa/

Adverb

tawa

  1. un-, a-, dis-, il-, im-, in-, non- (functions similar to a negative English prefix)

Adjective

tawa

  1. inhabited
  2. filled

Verb

tawa (tawa)

  1. (transitive) to inhabit, to populate

tawa (vakatawa)

  1. to watch
  2. to fill

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay tawa, from Proto-Malayic *tawa(ʔ), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tawa, from Proto-Austronesian *Cawa.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈtawa]
  • Hyphenation: ta‧wa

Noun

tawa (first-person possessive tawaku, second-person possessive tawamu, third-person possessive tawanya)

  1. laugh

Derived terms

Verb

tawa

  1. to laugh (show mirth by peculiar movement of the muscles of the face and emission of sounds)

Conjugation

  • Although morphologically involuntary, the form tertawa and tertawakan is used lexically as an active form.

Further reading

  • “tawa” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Karao

Noun

tawa

  1. window

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *tawa(ʔ), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tawa, from Proto-Austronesian *Cawa.

Pronunciation

  • (Baku) IPA(key): /tawa/
  • (Standard Malaysian) IPA(key): /tawə/
  • Rhymes: -awə, -wə, -ə

Verb

tawa (Jawi spelling تاوا)

  1. to laugh (show mirth by peculiar movement of the muscles of the face and emission of sounds)
    Synonym: gelak

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Indonesian: tawa

Further reading

  • “tawa” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Mehek

Noun

tawa

  1. woman

References

  • transnewguinea.org, citing D. C. Laycock, Languages of the Lumi Subdistrict (West Sepik District), New Guinea (1968), Oceanic Linguistics, 7 (1): 36-66

Nheengatu

Alternative forms

  • taua

Etymology

Inherited from Old Tupi taba (“village, city”), from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *tap, from Proto-Tupian *jap.

Cognate with Portuguese taba.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈta.wa/
  • Rhymes: -awa
  • Hyphenation: ta‧wa

Noun

tawa

  1. city

References

Further reading

  • Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2016) Curso de língua geral (nheengatu ou tupi moderno): a língua das origens da civilização amazônica‎[2] (in Portuguese), 2nd edition, São Paulo: Páginas & Letras, →ISBN

Pahi

Noun

tawa

  1. woman

References

  • transnewguinea.org, citing D. C. Laycock, Languages of the Lumi Subdistrict (West Sepik District), New Guinea (1968), Oceanic Linguistics, 7 (1): 36-66

Quechua

Numeral

tawa

  1. four

Tagalog

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tawa, from Proto-Austronesian *Cawa. Compare Malay tawa.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: ta‧wa
  • IPA(key): /ˈtawa/, [ˈta.wɐ] (noun)
  • IPA(key): /taˈwa/, [tɐˈwa] (adjective)

Noun

tawa (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜏ)

  1. laugh; laughing; laughter
    Synonyms: halakhak, hagakgak, halikhik, alik-ik, agik-ik, hagalhal, hilhil, sagaak

Derived terms

See also

  • ngiti

Adjective

tawá (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜏ)

  1. prone to laughing
    Synonym: palatawa

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “tawa”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
  • Blust, Robert, Trussel, Stephen (2010–) “*Cawa”, in The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary

Anagrams

  • awat

Welsh

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtau̯.a/

Verb

tawa

  1. third-person singular present/future of tewi

Mutation

Wolio

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /taʋa/

Noun

tawa

  1. leaf

References

  • Anceaux, Johannes C. (1987) Wolio Dictionary (Wolio-English-Indonesian) / Kamus Bahasa Wolio (Wolio-Inggeris-Indonesia), Dordrecht: Foris

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