rwa

See also: Rwa, RWA, and rwą

Translingual

Symbol

rwa

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Rawo.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Rawo terms

Anguthimri

Noun

rwa

1. (Mpakwithi) white paint

References

• Terry Crowley, The Mpakwithi dialect of Anguthimri (1981), page 188

Haitian Creole

Alternative forms

• wa

Etymology

From French roi (“king”).

Noun

rwa

1. king

References

• Targète, Jean; Urciolo, Raphael (1993), Haitian Creole-English Dictionary‎^[1], Dunwoody Press, →ISBN, page 203

Old Javanese

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *duha, compare Malay dua.

Numeral

rwa

1. two

Alternative forms

• ro

Derived terms

• arwa-rwan
• aṅrwa
• aṅrwa-rwa
• karwa
• madu
• maru
• paṅrwa
• rwa-rwa
• sakarwa

• rwaṅ siki

Descendants

• → Balinese: ᬭ᭄ᬯ (rua)

Further reading

• "rwa" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

Polish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *Hrew-der.?

Proto-Indo-European *Hrew-?

Proto-Indo-European *(H)rewH-der.?

Proto-Slavic *rъvati

Old Polish rwać

Polish rwaćdeverb.

Polish rwa

Deverbal from rwać.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrva/

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• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: rwa

Noun

rwa f

1. acute nerve pain

   rwa barkowa ramienna ― brachialgia

   rwa kulszowa ― sciatica

Declension

Declension of rwa

	singular	plural
nominative	rwa	rwy
genitive	rwy	rew
dative	rwie	rwom
accusative	rwę	rwy
instrumental	rwą	rwami
locative	rwie	rwach
vocative	rwo	rwy

Further reading

• “rwa”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[2] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “rwa”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[3] (in Polish)

Réunion Creole French

Noun

rwa

1. alternative spelling of roi (“king”)

References

• Armand, Alain (1987), Dictionnaire Kréol rénioné/Français [Reunionese Creole-French Dictionary] (in French), Océan Éditions, →ISBN, page 302

Shona

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-dʊ̀a.

Verb

-rwa (infinitive kurwa)

1. to fight

Venda

Verb

rwa

1. to hit, to beat