awu

Ewe

Noun

awu

1. garment

Gun

Etymology

Most likely stemming from Proto-Gbe *awu or possibly from Yoruba ẹ̀wù, cognates include Fon awù, Ewe awu, Nupe èwò, Edo ẹ́wù, Owé Yoruba àwù, Èkìtì Yoruba èù, Ifè àwù, Urhobo ewun (shirt), Isoko ewu

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ā.wù/

Audio (Nigeria)

(file)

Noun

awù (plural awù lɛ́ or awù lẹ́)

1. garment

   Synonyms: avɔ̀, avọ̀

2. coat

   Onọ̀ ṣié họ̀ awù yọ̀yọ́ àtọ̀n ná mi / Onɔ̀ cé xɔ̀ awù yɔ̀yɔ́ àtɔ̀n ná mi ― My mother bought three new coats for me

Iraqw

Noun

awu m (plural awee f)

1. bull

References

• Mous, Maarten, Qorro, Martha, Kießling, Roland (2002) Iraqw-English Dictionary (Kuschitische Sprachstudien), volume 18, Köln, Germany: Rüdiger Köppe Verlag, →ISBN, page 9

Javanese

Romanization

awu

1. Romanization of ꦲꦮꦸ

Kari'na

Etymology

From Proto-Cariban *ôwɨ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [aːu]

Pronoun

awu

1. the first-person singular pronoun; I, me

Inflection

Kari'na personal pronouns

	singular	dual	plural
first person exclusive	awu	nàna, ànaW	nàna, ànaW
first person inclusive	—	kỳko, kymoroV	kỳkaro(n), kymonjároV
second person	amoro	—	amyjaro(n), amonjároV
third person	(use demonstratives)
V. Venezuelan dialect. W. West Surinamese dialect.

Derived terms

• awumpo

References

• Courtz, Hendrik (2008) A Carib grammar and dictionary‎^[1], Toronto: Magoria Books, →ISBN, pages 52, 250
• Meira, Sérgio (2002) “A first comparison of pronominal and demonstrative systems in the Cariban language family”, in Mily Crevels, Simon van de Kerke, Sergio Meira and Hein van der Voort, editors, Current Studies on South American Languages‎^[2], Leiden: Research School of Asian, African, and American Studies (CNWS), Leiden University, →ISBN, pages 255–275
• Ahlbrinck, Willem (1931) “aw”, in Encyclopaedie der Karaïben, Amsterdam: Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen, page 120; republished as Willem Ahlbrinck, Doude van Herwijnen, transl., L'Encyclopédie des Caraïbes‎^[3], Paris, 1956, page 120

Xhosa

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [âːwu]

Interjection

âwu

1. oh!