sawa

From Proto-Philippine *sawa, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sawa.

sawa

1. snake

From Proto-Philippine *sawa, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sawa (cf. Cebuano sawa, Indonesian sawa, Malay sawa, Tagalog sawa).

• Hyphenation: sa‧wa
• IPA^(key): /saˈwa/

sawá

1. python; boa constrictor

From Proto-Philippine *sawəqaq, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sawəqaq (“eat too much, bored”).

• Hyphenation: sa‧wa
• IPA^(key): /ˈsawaʔ/

sawà

1. bored; fed up; sick and tired

   Sawa na ako sa mga kalokohan ninda.

   I'm all fed up with their nonsense.

   Synonyms: suya, umoy

From Proto-Philippine *sawa, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sawa (cf. Bikol Central sawa, Indonesian sawa, Malay sawa, Tagalog sawa).

• Hyphenation: sa‧wa
• IPA^(key): /saˈwa/, [s̪ʌˈwa]

sawá

1. the reticulated python (Malayapython reticulatus)
2. (colloquial) any large snake

sawa

1. wet, moist

• sawah (superseded)

Borrowing from Malay sawah.

• IPA^(key): /ˈsaː.ʋaː/

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• Hyphenation: sa‧wa

sawa m (plural sawa's)

1. rice paddy

• sawaslang

sawa

1. who

   Na·a sako nikaha?

   Who did you see?

sawa

1. to be who

   Na·a sawa?

   Who are you?

sawa

1. Rōmaji transcription of さわ

sawa

1. spouse

sawa

1. raccoon

sawa

1. three

sawa (invariable)

1. same
2. identical

• “sawa” in Outils & Ressources pour l'Exploitation de la Langue Comorienne, 2008.

Borrowed from Arabic سَوَاء‎ (sawāʾ).

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sawa (invariable)

1. equal

   Yeye ni mnene sawa na mimi.

   S/He is as fat as I am.

sawa

1. okay

• Verbal derivations:
  • Causative: -sawazisha (“to make equal”)

• Other derivations:
  • sawasawa

• saua – obsolete

From Proto-Philippine *sawa, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sawa (cf. Bikol Central sawa, Cebuano sawa, Indonesian sawa, Malay sawa).

• Hyphenation: sa‧wa
• IPA^(key): /saˈwa/, [sɐˈwa]

sawá

1. boa constrictor

   Synonym: manlilingkis

2. python, esp. the reticulated python
3. any large snake that crushes its prey

• sawang-bitin

From Proto-Philippine *sawəqaq, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sawəqaq (“eat too much, bored”) (cf. Cebuano saw-a, Kapampangan sawa).

• Hyphenation: sa‧wâ
• IPA^(key): /saˈwaʔ/, [sɐˈwaʔ] (adjective)
• IPA^(key): /ˈsawaʔ/, [ˈsa.wɐʔ] (noun)

sawâ

1. fed up; having lost interest in

   Sawa na ako sa mga kalokohan nila.

   I'm all fed up by their nonsense.

2. satiated; surfeited; sated

   Synonym: suya

sawà

1. condition of being fed up or having lost interest

   Synonyms: suya, pagkasuya

2. satiety; surfeit; overindulgence in food or drink

• IPA^(key): /ˈs̪a.wa/

sawa

1. Alternative form of saawa (“goanna”)

• Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎, Pacific linguistics