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All 4 letters words made out of wawa

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Definitions and meaning of wawa

wawa

Alternative forms

• wa-wa

Etymology

• Shortened and simplified form of water.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈwaˌwa/

Noun

wawa (uncountable)

1. (uncountable, colloquial, childish, by or to young children) water

Adangme

Etymology

cf. Akan ɔwawa, Nzima wawa

Noun

wawa

1. (Krobo dialect) obeche, African whitewood (Triplochiton scleroxylon)

References

Amis

Noun

wawa

1. child

Anyi

Etymology

cf. Nzima wawa, Akan ɔwawa

Noun

wawa

1. obeche, African whitewood (Triplochiton scleroxylon)

   Synonym: patabo(ɛ)

References

Aymara

Etymology

Probably mimics the cry of a baby through onomatopoeia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwa.wa/

Noun

wawa

1. baby
2. child

Antonyms

• (elder): achachi

Descendants

• Spanish: guagua

Baoule

Etymology

cf. Nzima wawa, Akan ɔwawa

Noun

wawa

1. obeche, African whitewood (Triplochiton scleroxylon)

   Synonym: patabo(ɛ)

References

Chinook Jargon

Noun

wawa

1. language

Verb

wawa

1. to talk, say, tell
2. to speak (a language)

Ewe

Etymology

cf. Akan ɔwawa, Nzima wawa

Noun

wawa

1. obeche, African whitewood (Triplochiton scleroxylon)

References

Fijian

Noun

wawa

1. gut, bowels, entrails
2. tripe

Ga

Etymology

cf. Akan ɔwawa, Nzima wawa

Noun

wawa

1. obeche, African whitewood (Triplochiton scleroxylon)

References

Italian

Noun

wawa m (invariable)

1. (music) wah-wah (sound, or mute used to produce it)

Kambera

Etymology

Compare Laboya ɓawa.

Adverb

wawa

1. down

References

• Marian Klamer (1998) A Grammar of Kambera, Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 127

Kapampangan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwawəʔ/, [ˈwäː.wəʔ]
• Hyphenation: wa‧wa

Noun

wáwâ

1. Súlat Wáwâ spelling of uaua

Mwani

Noun

wawa class 1a (plural wawawa)

1. Alternative form of baba

Nzima

Etymology

cf. Akan ɔwawa

Noun

wawa

1. obeche, African whitewood (Triplochiton scleroxylon)

   Synonym: wana

References

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwɑː.wɑ/

Noun

wāwa m

1. Alternative form of wēa

Old Javanese

Etymology 1

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baba. Compare Malay bawa.

Verb

wawa

1. to bring, to carry

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Adverb

wawa

1. Alternative spelling of wawaṅ

Etymology 3

Noun

wawa

1. Alternative spelling of wa

Quechua

Noun

wawa

1. mother's child
2. infant

Declension

See also

• churi
• ususi

Sakizaya

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wa.ˈwa/, [wa.ˈwa]

Noun

wawa

1. child

Sehwi

Etymology

cf. Nzima wawa, Akan ɔwawa

Noun

wawa

1. obeche, African whitewood (Triplochiton scleroxylon)

   Synonym: patabo(ɛ)

References

Spanish

Noun

wawa

1. Eye dialect spelling of guagua.

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• uaua, vava — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography

Etymology 1

From Proto-Philippine *wáqwaq (“mouth of a river”). Compare Kapampangan uaua, Cebuano wawa, Aklanon wawa, Kankanaey wawa, Yami wawa (“sea”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈwawaʔ/, [ˈwa.wɐʔ]
• Rhymes: -awaʔ
• Syllabification: wa‧wa

Noun

wawà (Baybayin spelling ᜏᜏ)

1. river mouth; delta; estuary

   Synonym: delta

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Clipping of kawawa, which in turn is a contraction of kaawa-awa (“pitiful”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈwawaʔ/, [ˈwa.wɐʔ]
• Rhymes: -awaʔ
• Syllabification: wa‧wa

Adjective

wawà (Baybayin spelling ᜏᜏ)

1. (childish) pitiful; unfortunate; deserving one's pity

   Synonyms: kawawa, kaawa-awa, kahabag-habag, nakakaawa

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈwawaʔ/, [ˈwa.wɐʔ]
• Rhymes: -awaʔ
• Syllabification: wa‧wa

Noun

wawà (Baybayin spelling ᜏᜏ)

1. meaning; real sense; point (of what one says)

   Synonyms: kasaysayan, kahulugan

2. understanding

   Synonyms: intindi, unawa, pagkaunawa, watas

Derived terms

Etymology 4

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /waˈwa/, [wɐˈwa]
• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: wa‧wa

Noun

wawá (Baybayin spelling ᜏᜏ) (obsolete)

1. act of scaring animals

Derived terms

Etymology 5

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /waˈwaʔ/, [wɐˈwaʔ]
• Rhymes: -aʔ
• Syllabification: wa‧wa

Noun

wawâ (Baybayin spelling ᜏᜏ) (obsolete)

1. name of the Baybayin letter ᜏ, corresponding to "wa"

See also

Further reading

• “wawa”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Noceda, Fr. Juan José de, Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves‎^[9] (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier
• San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero‎^[10], La Noble Villa de Pila
  • page 104: “Barra) Vava (pp) o boca de rio.”
  • page 408: “Boca) Vava (pp) del rio o la barra”
  • page 603: “V) Vava (pc) eſta letra . v . vocal tienen los Tagalos en ſu eſcritura .| . vavayaon .| ᜏ . ſumolat ca dito nang vava, eſcriue aqui vna . V . de Indio, maſamang vava yari, [bella ca] es eſta [letra] .v.”

Yami

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *waqwaq.

Noun

wawa

1. sea

Source: wiktionary.org