gawa

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Chichewa[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Bantu *-gàba.

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

-gaŵa (infinitive kugáŵa)

  1. divide
  2. share, distribute

Derived terms[edit]

Hausa[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ɡáː.wáː/
    • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [ɡáː.wáː]

Noun[edit]

gāwā f (possessed form gāwar̃)

  1. corpse, carcass

Iban[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Compare Tagalog gawa.

Noun[edit]

gawa

  1. work

Derived terms[edit]

Japanese[edit]

Romanization[edit]

gawa

  1. Rōmaji transcription of がわ

Javanese[edit]

Romanization[edit]

gawa

  1. Romanization of ꦒꦮ

Old Javanese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

gawa

  1. to bring
  2. to take
  3. to carry

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Javanese: ꦒꦮ (gawa)

Swahili[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Bantu *-gàba.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • Audio (Kenya)(file)

Verb[edit]

-gawa (infinitive kugawa)

  1. to divide (split or separate into two or more parts)
  2. to share, distribute

Conjugation[edit]

Conjugation of -gawa
Positive present -nagawa
Subjunctive -gawe
Negative -gawi
Imperative singular gawa
Infinitives
Positive kugawa
Negative kutogawa
Imperatives
Singular gawa
Plural gaweni
Tensed forms
Habitual hugawa
Positive past positive subject concord + -ligawa
Negative past negative subject concord + -kugawa
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nagawa)
Singular Plural
1st person ninagawa/nagawa tunagawa
2nd person unagawa mnagawa
3rd person m-wa(I/II) anagawa wanagawa
other classes positive subject concord + -nagawa
Negative present (negative subject concord + -gawi)
Singular Plural
1st person sigawi hatugawi
2nd person hugawi hamgawi
3rd person m-wa(I/II) hagawi hawagawi
other classes negative subject concord + -gawi
Positive future positive subject concord + -tagawa
Negative future negative subject concord + -tagawa
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -gawe)
Singular Plural
1st person nigawe tugawe
2nd person ugawe mgawe
3rd person m-wa(I/II) agawe wagawe
other classes positive subject concord + -gawe
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sigawe
Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngegawa
Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singegawa
Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngaligawa
Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singaligawa
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -agawa)
Singular Plural
1st person nagawa twagawa
2nd person wagawa mwagawa
3rd person m-wa(I/II) agawa wagawa
m-mi(III/IV) wagawa yagawa
ji-ma(V/VI) lagawa yagawa
ki-vi(VII/VIII) chagawa vyagawa
n(IX/X) yagawa zagawa
u(XI) wagawa see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) kwagawa
pa(XVI) pagawa
mu(XVIII) mwagawa
Perfect positive subject concord + -megawa
"Already" positive subject concord + -meshagawa
"Not yet" negative subject concord + -jagawa
"If/When" positive subject concord + -kigawa
"If not" positive subject concord + -sipogawa
Consecutive kagawa / positive subject concord + -kagawa
Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kagawe
Object concord (indicative positive)
Singular Plural
1st person -nigawa -tugawa
2nd person -kugawa -wagawa/-kugaweni/-wagaweni
3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mgawa -wagawa
m-mi(III/IV) -ugawa -igawa
ji-ma(V/VI) -ligawa -yagawa
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kigawa -vigawa
n(IX/X) -igawa -zigawa
u(XI) -ugawa see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kugawa
pa(XVI) -pagawa
mu(XVIII) -mugawa
Reflexive -jigawa
Relative forms
General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -gawa- + relative marker)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -gawaye -gawao
m-mi(III/IV) -gawao -gawayo
ji-ma(V/VI) -gawalo -gawayo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -gawacho -gawavyo
n(IX/X) -gawayo -gawazo
u(XI) -gawao see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -gawako
pa(XVI) -gawapo
mu(XVIII) -gawamo
Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -gawa)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -yegawa -ogawa
m-mi(III/IV) -ogawa -yogawa
ji-ma(V/VI) -logawa -yogawa
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chogawa -vyogawa
n(IX/X) -yogawa -zogawa
u(XI) -ogawa see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kogawa
pa(XVI) -pogawa
mu(XVIII) -mogawa
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

Derived terms[edit]

Tagalog[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Compare Cebuano gama and Kapampangan gaua. Cognate with Javanese ꦒꦮꦺ (gawé, “to do; to work”).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ɡaˈwaʔ/, [ɡɐˈwaʔ]
  • Hyphenation: ga‧wa

Noun[edit]

gawâ (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜏ)

  1. act of doing something
    Synonyms: trabaho, pagtatrabaho
  2. creation; making; manufacture
    Synonyms: yari, pagyari
  3. (by extension) repair; fix
    Synonyms: ayos, kompone
  4. deed; act
    Synonym: kagagawan
  5. work; employment; occupation
    Synonyms: trabaho, empleo, hanapbuhay, propersyon
  6. task; duty
    Synonyms: tungkulin, katungkulan
  7. work; opus (such as literary works, musical works, etc.)
    Synonyms: obra, akda, katha, trabaho

Derived terms[edit]

Adjective[edit]

gawâ (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜏ)

  1. made; manufactured
    Synonym: ginawa
    Saan ito gawa? Gawa sa papel ang belen na gawa ni Lourdes.
    What is it made of? It's made of paper, the belen that Lourdes has made.
  2. created; composed
    Synonym: ginawa
  3. caused

Further reading[edit]

  • “gawa”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
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