Japanese

Romanization

Wa

1. rōmaji reading of わ

English

Noun

wa

1. A traditional proa-style outrigger canoe of the Caroline Islands.

Etymology 2

From Thai วา ‎(waa).

Noun

wa ‎(plural wa)

1. A traditional Thai unit of length, approximately two metres.

Bambara

Particle

wa

1. final interrogative particle on a yes/no question

Egyptian

Romanization

wa

1. Manuel de Codage transliteration of wˤ.

Etulo

Verb

wā

1. drink

   ḿ wēnî — I drink water

   ḿ wēnī — I drank water

References

• Rose-Juliet Anyanwu, Fundamentals of Phonetics, Phonology and Tonology (2008)

German

Etymology

From dialectal wat ‎(“what”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /va/
• (Berlin) IPA^(key): /vɐˤ/

Adverb

wa

1. (colloquial, regional, parts of northern and central Germany) right?; is it?; is it not?

   Wir müssen da lang, wa?

   We need to go this way, don't we?

Synonyms

• gell
• ne
• nicht
• nicht wahr
• oder

Pronunciation 2

• IPA^(key): /ʋæh/, /ʋhæh/

Particle

wa

1. (colloquial, potentially rude) what, huh (expresses that something was extremely hard to understand acoustically or outlandish in content)

Usage notes

• Also spelled wat. Especially common in Hamburg and western Holstein, where dialects traditionally drop final /t/ after fricatives.

Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French roi ‎(“king”)

Noun

wa

1. king

See also

• rèn

Japanese

Romanization

wa

1. rōmaji reading of わ
2. rōmaji reading of ワ
3. rōmaji reading of は
4. rōmaji reading of ハ
5. rōmaji reading of わっ
6. rōmaji reading of ワッ

Kapampangan

Interjection

wa

1. yes

Antonyms

• ali

Kashubian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *va

Pronoun

wa

1. you (second-person plural)

Declension

Mandarin

Romanization

wa (Zhuyin ㄨㄚ˙)

1. Pinyin transcription of 哇

wa

1. Nonstandard spelling of wā.
2. Nonstandard spelling of wá.
3. Nonstandard spelling of wǎ.
4. Nonstandard spelling of wà.

Usage notes

• English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *wai, whence also Old Saxon wah, wē, Old High German wē, wa, wēwo, Old Norse vei, Gothic 𐍅𐌰𐌹 ‎(wai). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wai.

Noun

wā n

1. woe

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Related terms

• wāwa
• wēa

Descendants

• Middle English: wa, wo, woo
  • English: woe
  • Scots: wa, wae

Sa

Noun

wa

1. water

Scots

Etymology

From Old English wall.

Noun

wa ‎(plural was)

1. wall

Verb

wa ‎(third-person singular present was, present participle wain, past wad, past participle wad)

1. to wall

Swahili

Particle

wa

1. M class inflected form of -a.
2. U class inflected form of -a.
3. Wa class inflected form of -a.

Unami

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [wa]

Pronoun

wa

1. this (animate)

West Frisian

Pronoun

wa

1. who

   Wa binne jo? Who are you?

   Hy is in minsk wa't ik ken. He is a person who I know.

Usage notes

Wa is used only in questions. Wa't is used in declarative sentences.

Zay

Etymology

Cognate to Silt'e [script needed] ‎(-wa:).

Conjunction

wa

1. and

References

• Initial SLLE Survey of the Zway Area by Klaus Wedekind and Charlotte Wedekind

Zulu

Verb

-wa

1. (intransitive) to fall, to drop

Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.