"wa" meaning in Afrikaans

See wa in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /vɑː/ Audio: LL-Q14196 (afr)-Oesjaar-wa.wav Forms: waens [plural], waentjie [diminutive]
Etymology: From Dutch wagen. Etymology templates: {{inh|af|nl|wagen}} Dutch wagen Head templates: {{head|af|noun|||plural|waens|||||diminutive|waentjie|||||||f2accel-form=p|f2request=1|f5accel-form=diminutive|head=}} wa (plural waens, diminutive waentjie), {{af-noun|waens|waentjie}} wa (plural waens, diminutive waentjie)
  1. wagon
    Sense id: en-wa-af-noun-uvagtwqw
  2. cart
    Sense id: en-wa-af-noun-HELdwChb
  3. automobile, car Synonyms (car): kar
    Sense id: en-wa-af-noun-1P0faOBg Categories (other): Afrikaans entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Afrikaans entries with incorrect language header: 3 3 95 Disambiguation of 'car': 0 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: polisiewa, sleepwa

Inflected forms

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "polisiewa"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "sleepwa"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "af",
        "2": "nl",
        "3": "wagen"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch wagen",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Dutch wagen.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "waens",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "waentjie",
      "tags": [
        "diminutive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "af",
        "10": "",
        "11": "diminutive",
        "12": "waentjie",
        "13": "",
        "14": "",
        "15": "",
        "16": "",
        "17": "",
        "18": "",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "plural",
        "6": "waens",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "",
        "f2accel-form": "p",
        "f2request": "1",
        "f5accel-form": "diminutive",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "wa (plural waens, diminutive waentjie)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "waens",
        "2": "waentjie"
      },
      "expansion": "wa (plural waens, diminutive waentjie)",
      "name": "af-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Afrikaans",
  "lang_code": "af",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "wagon"
      ],
      "id": "en-wa-af-noun-uvagtwqw",
      "links": [
        [
          "wagon",
          "wagon"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "cart"
      ],
      "id": "en-wa-af-noun-HELdwChb",
      "links": [
        [
          "cart",
          "cart"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "3 3 95",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Afrikaans entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "automobile, car"
      ],
      "id": "en-wa-af-noun-1P0faOBg",
      "links": [
        [
          "automobile",
          "automobile"
        ],
        [
          "car",
          "car"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 100",
          "sense": "car",
          "word": "kar"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/vɑː/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q14196 (afr)-Oesjaar-wa.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/a7/LL-Q14196_%28afr%29-Oesjaar-wa.wav/LL-Q14196_%28afr%29-Oesjaar-wa.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/a7/LL-Q14196_%28afr%29-Oesjaar-wa.wav/LL-Q14196_%28afr%29-Oesjaar-wa.wav.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "word": "wa"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Afrikaans entries with incorrect language header",
    "Afrikaans lemmas",
    "Afrikaans nouns",
    "Afrikaans terms derived from Dutch",
    "Afrikaans terms inherited from Dutch",
    "Pages with 72 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "polisiewa"
    },
    {
      "word": "sleepwa"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "af",
        "2": "nl",
        "3": "wagen"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch wagen",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Dutch wagen.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "waens",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "waentjie",
      "tags": [
        "diminutive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "af",
        "10": "",
        "11": "diminutive",
        "12": "waentjie",
        "13": "",
        "14": "",
        "15": "",
        "16": "",
        "17": "",
        "18": "",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "plural",
        "6": "waens",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "",
        "f2accel-form": "p",
        "f2request": "1",
        "f5accel-form": "diminutive",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "wa (plural waens, diminutive waentjie)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "waens",
        "2": "waentjie"
      },
      "expansion": "wa (plural waens, diminutive waentjie)",
      "name": "af-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Afrikaans",
  "lang_code": "af",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "wagon"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "wagon",
          "wagon"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "cart"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "cart",
          "cart"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "automobile, car"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "automobile",
          "automobile"
        ],
        [
          "car",
          "car"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/vɑː/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q14196 (afr)-Oesjaar-wa.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/a7/LL-Q14196_%28afr%29-Oesjaar-wa.wav/LL-Q14196_%28afr%29-Oesjaar-wa.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/a7/LL-Q14196_%28afr%29-Oesjaar-wa.wav/LL-Q14196_%28afr%29-Oesjaar-wa.wav.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "car",
      "word": "kar"
    }
  ],
  "word": "wa"
}

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