"kwa" meaning in All languages combined

See kwa on Wiktionary

Noun [Dumbea]

IPA: /koa/
Head templates: {{head|duf|noun}} kwa
  1. sky
    Sense id: en-kwa-duf-noun-BfUU-ufK Categories (other): Dumbea entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 10 entries, Pages with entries

Noun [Haitian Creole]

IPA: /kwa/
Etymology: From French croix (“cross”). Etymology templates: {{der|ht|fr|croix||cross}} French croix (“cross”) Head templates: {{head|ht|noun}} kwa
  1. cross

Romanization [Japanese]

Head templates: {{head|ja|romanization|head=|sc=Latn}} kwa
  1. The katakana syllable クァ (kwa) in Hepburn-like romanization. Tags: romanization
    Sense id: en-kwa-ja-romanization-xqEvO26s Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese romanizations, Japanese terms with non-redundant manual script codes Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Japanese romanizations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant manual script codes: 50 50
  2. The katakana syllable クヮ (kwa) in Hepburn-like romanization. Tags: romanization
    Sense id: en-kwa-ja-romanization-Pc0Hlx76 Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese romanizations, Japanese terms with non-redundant manual script codes Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Japanese romanizations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant manual script codes: 50 50

Verb [Northern Sotho]

Etymology: Cognate with Sotho utlwa. Etymology templates: {{cog|st|utlwa}} Sotho utlwa Head templates: {{head|nso|verb}} kwa
  1. to hear, to listen

Verb [Pipil]

IPA: /kʷa/ Forms: -kwa [canonical]
Head templates: {{head|ppl|verb|head=-kwa}} -kwa
  1. (transitive) to eat Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-kwa-ppl-verb-Unr3wQmn Categories (other): Pages with 10 entries, Pages with entries, Pipil entries with incorrect language header

Interjection [Polish]

IPA: /ˈkfa/
Rhymes: -a Etymology: Onomatopoeic. Etymology templates: {{onom|pl}} Onomatopoeic Head templates: {{head|pl|interjection}} kwa
  1. (usually reduplicated) quack; onomatopoeia for the sound of a duck Tags: reduplication, usually Related terms: kaczka, kwakać, kwakanie

Verb [Rwanda-Rundi]

Forms: -kwá [canonical], gukwá [infinitive], -kôye [perfective]
Head templates: {{rw-verb|kwá|kôye}} -kwá (infinitive gukwá, perfective -kôye)
  1. pay bride price

Particle [Swahili]

Audio: Sw-ke-kwa.flac
Head templates: {{head|sw|particle form|cat2=prepositions}} kwa
  1. [[Appendix:Swahili_noun_classes#Ku class|ku class_((XV))]] inflected form of -a
    by, with, -ly (used before nouns to form adverbs of manner, instrument, etc.)
    Sense id: en-kwa-sw-particle-K8mq7KWC
  2. [[Appendix:Swahili_noun_classes#Ku class|ku class_((XV))]] inflected form of -a
    for
    Sense id: en-kwa-sw-particle-~~ENy9NZ
  3. [[Appendix:Swahili_noun_classes#Ku class|ku class_((XV))]] inflected form of -a
    from
    Sense id: en-kwa-sw-particle-CP9iLgb5 Categories (other): Swahili prepositions Disambiguation of Swahili prepositions: 19 17 26 17 20
  4. [[Appendix:Swahili_noun_classes#Ku class|ku class_((XV))]] inflected form of -a
    Makes fractions where the numerator is not one, in the format denominator kwa numerator.
    Sense id: en-kwa-sw-particle-tZ8RZT-m Categories (other): Pages with 10 entries, Pages with entries, Swahili entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 10 entries: 17 17 4 3 3 41 14 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 16 16 2 1 1 46 17 Disambiguation of Swahili entries with incorrect language header: 5 5 5 61 23
  5. [[Appendix:Swahili_noun_classes#Ku locative class|ku class_((XVII))]] inflected form of -a
    Sense id: en-kwa-sw-particle-hRGYScjd
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: kwa heri, kwa nini, kwa vile, kwa shingo upande

Symbol [Translingual]

Head templates: {{mul-symbol/script|Latn}} Latn, {{head|mul|symbol|||or||or||or||cat2=|f1lang=en|f1nolink=|f2lang=en|f2nolink=|f3lang=en|f3nolink=|f4lang=en|f4nolink=|head=|head2=|head3=|head4=|nolinkhead=|sc=Latn|sort=}} kwa, {{mul-symbol}} kwa
  1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Dâw. Related terms: Wiktionary’s coverage of Dâw terms

Preposition [West Frisian]

Head templates: {{head|fy|preposition}} kwa
  1. in terms of
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          "english": "at my mother's room",
          "text": "chumbani kwa mama yangu",
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