English

Noun

pawa ‎(plural pawas)

1. (New Zealand) An edible univalve mollusc of the genus Haliotis, having a shell lined with mother-of-pearl.
   • 1912, Katherine Mansfield, The Woman at the Store, from "Selected Short Stories"

     One little patch was divided off by pawa shells [...].

Synonyms

• pāua (New Zealand)
• abalone (US, Australia)
• ear-shell (UK),
• ormer (Guernsey)
• perlemoen (South Africa)

Translations

Chamicuro

Noun

pawa

1. field

Lower Sorbian

Etymology

From paw ‎(“peacock”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpawa/

Noun

pawa f

1. peahen

Declension

Noun

pawa

1. inflection of paw:
   1. genitive singular
   2. accusative singular
   3. nominative dual

Yindjibarndi

Noun

pawa

1. water

References

• Frank J. F. Wordick, The Yindjibarndi Language (1982)