nwa

See also: NWA, ŋwa, and ŋwa¹

Haitian Creole

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /nwa/

Etymology 1

From French noir (“black”).

Adjective

nwa

  1. black
  2. dark

Etymology 2

From French noix (“nut”).

Noun

nwa

  1. nut

Igbo

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ŋʷá/

Noun

nwá (plural ụ́mụ)

  1. child, offspring

Derived terms
Terms derived from nwa
  • nwókē (“man, male”)
  • nwá nta (“infant; young person”)
  • nwá m̄bá (“cat”)
  • nwá ńnē (“brother, sister, sibling”)
  • nwá ńna (“brother, sister, sibling”)
  • nwáta (“child”)
  • nwá nwáanyị (“female child, daughter”)
  • nwá nwókē (“male child, son”)

Kituba

Verb

nwa

  1. to drink

Louisiana Creole

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /nwa/
  • Rhymes: -a

Etymology 1

Inherited from French noir (“black”) and perhaps French Noir (“Black person”).

Adjective

nwa

  1. black (of a black color)
  2. dark (after nightfall)
    Ça té fé nwa déyò.
    It was dark outside.

Noun

nwa

  1. (a) Black person
    Synonyms: koulèr, moriko, nèg
Alternative forms
Derived terms
  • fé nwar (“to get dark; to be dark out”)
  • nwarad (“blackish”)
  • nwaro (“jet black”)
  • nwarsi (“to blacken”)

See also
Colors in Louisiana Creole · koulær-yé (layout · text)
     blan      gri      nwa, nwar
             rouj              zoranj; brun, maron              jonn, jònn
                          vè, vèr, vær, væt              vè fonsé
             sèrsèl                           blé, ble
             vyolé, vyolèt              lila              ròz, roz

Etymology 2

Inherited from French noix (“walnut; nut; testicule”).

Noun

nwa

  1. (strictly) (a) walnut
    Synonym: nwazèt
  2. (loosely) (a) nut
    Synonym: nwazèt
  3. testicles, nuts
    Synonyms: grènn, kouy, plòt
Alternative forms
  • dénwa
Derived terms
  • nwa gal (“gallnut”)
  • nwa miskad (“nutmeg”)
  • nwayé (“walnut tree”)
  • pyê dénwa (“walnut tree”)

Luba-Kasai

Verb

nwa

  1. to drink

Ngwo

Noun

nwa

  1. (Basa) Synonym of èndʰɨ́ (“water; river”)

Northern Sotho

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-ɲóa.

Verb

nwa

  1. to drink

Shona

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-ɲóa.

Verb

-nwá (infinitive kunwá)

  1. (Zezuru) to drink

Alternative forms

Sotho

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-ɲóa.

Verb

nwa

  1. to drink

Tsonga

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-ɲóa.

Verb

nwa

  1. to drink

Tswana

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-ɲóa.

Verb

nwa

  1. to drink

Venda

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-ɲóa.

Verb

nwa

  1. to drink
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