"uwa" meaning in Hausa

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        "1": "nbr",
        "2": "uwa",
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        "4": "wife"
      },
      "expansion": "Numana uwa (“wife”)",
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kni",
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        "3": "",
        "4": "woman"
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        "4": "wife"
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      "expansion": "Bu iwa (“wife”)",
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  "etymology_text": "Newman derives this from Proto-Chadic *wəɗi. Blench suggests a derivation from a Plateau Benue-Congo language; compare Ningye Numana uwa (“wife”), Kanufi uwa (“woman”), Bu iwa (“wife”).",
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        "canonical",
        "feminine"
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    {
      "form": "iyā̀yē",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
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        "2": "uwā",
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      "expansion": "uwā f (plural iyā̀yē, possessed form uwar̃)",
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  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "mother"
      ],
      "id": "en-uwa-ha-noun-zwYi7ypm",
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        [
          "mother",
          "mother"
        ]
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "largest or chief part"
      ],
      "id": "en-uwa-ha-noun-GM8O4yn8",
      "links": [
        [
          "large",
          "large"
        ],
        [
          "chief",
          "chief"
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        "(in compounds) largest or chief part"
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    {
      "ipa": "/ʔú.wáː/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ʔʊ́.wáː]",
      "note": "Standard Kano Hausa"
    }
  ],
  "word": "uwa"
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    "Hausa terms inherited from Proto-Chadic",
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        "3": "",
        "4": "woman"
      },
      "expansion": "Kanufi uwa (“woman”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "3": "",
        "4": "wife"
      },
      "expansion": "Bu iwa (“wife”)",
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    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Newman derives this from Proto-Chadic *wəɗi. Blench suggests a derivation from a Plateau Benue-Congo language; compare Ningye Numana uwa (“wife”), Kanufi uwa (“woman”), Bu iwa (“wife”).",
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        "canonical",
        "feminine"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "iyā̀yē",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
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        "mother"
      ],
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        [
          "mother",
          "mother"
        ]
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "largest or chief part"
      ],
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        [
          "large",
          "large"
        ],
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          "chief",
          "chief"
        ]
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        "(in compounds) largest or chief part"
      ],
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      ]
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    {
      "ipa": "/ʔú.wáː/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ʔʊ́.wáː]",
      "note": "Standard Kano Hausa"
    }
  ],
  "word": "uwa"
}