waa

See also: Appendix:Variations of "waa"

English

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wæː/

Interjection

waa

1. The sound of a baby crying.
   • 2018 August 16, Marina Hyde, “Sorry to break it to you, far-righters: James Bond is not on your team”, in The Guardian‎^[1]:

     I don’t see one of your lot getting it done, Richard. Waa waa waa, people are trying to replace us. Waa waa waa, can we stop for Cheetos.

Translations

the sound of a baby crying

• Afrikaans: wê
• Albanian: ua-ua, uëë
• Arabic: وع وع (wa3 wa3)
• Azerbaijani: ingə
• Esperanto: ŭa
• French: ouin (fr)
• Hungarian: oá (hu)
• Turkish: ıngaa

Etymology 2

Noun

waa (plural waa)

1. Alternative form of wa (“Thai unit of length”)

Anagrams

• Awa, AAW

Alaba

Noun

waa

1. water

References

• Joachim Crass, Das K'abeena: deskriptive Grammatik einer hochlandostkuschitischen Sprache (2005)

Alemannic German

Pronoun

waa

1. Alternative form of waas

Burji

Etymology

From Proto-Cushitic. Cognates include Alaba waa, Hadiyya wo'o and Sidamo waa.

Noun

wáa

1. water

Further reading

• Roba Dame, Charlotte Wedekind, Burji Dictionary (2008)
• Hans-Jürgen Sasse, An Etymological Dictionary of Burji, Kuschitische Sprachstudien 1 (1982, Hamburg, Hemut Buske Verlag)

Djadjawurrung

Noun

waa

1. Corvus coronoides raven

Gamilaraay

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vaː/

Interjection

waa

1. expression of praise

Noun

waa

1. pendant

References

• (2003) Gamilaraay Yuwaalaraay Yuwaalayaay Dictionary
• (2015) Ma Gamilaraay

Garo

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *k/r/s-wa

Verb

waa (intransitive)

1. to rain

See also

• mikka

References

• Burling, R. (2003) The Language of the Modhupur Mandi (Garo) Vol. II: The Lexicon‎^[2], Bangladesh: University of Michigan, page 363

Kaurna

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vaː/

Adverb

waa

1. where

Nzadi

Noun

wàá (plural mǎn)

1. village

Further reading

• Crane, Thera, Larry Hyman, Simon Nsielanga Tukumu (2011) A grammar of Nzadi [B.865]: a Bantu language of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, →ISBN

Ojibwe

Particle

waa

1. my! (exclamation)

See also

• waa-

References

• The Ojibwe People's Dictionary https://ojibwe.lib.umn.edu/main-entry/waa-pc-disc

Sidamo

Etymology

From Proto-Cushitic. Cognates include Alaba waa, Burji waa and Hadiyya wo'o.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwaː/

Noun

waa m 

1. water

References

• Kazuhiro Kawachi (2007) A grammar of Sidaama (Sidamo), a Cushitic language of Ethiopia, page 81
• Gizaw Shimelis, editor (2007), “wa”, in Sidaama-Amharic-English dictionary, Addis Ababa: Sidama Information and Culture department

Siuslaw

Verb

waa

1. to speak

Somali

Particle

waa

1. Topic marker which draws attention to the verb.

Usage notes

Placed before the verb; does not change normal word order.

Wathaurong

Etymology

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

Noun

waa

1. raven

Wolio

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʋaː/

Noun

waa

1. fire

References

• Anceaux, Johannes C. (1987) Wolio Dictionary (Wolio-English-Indonesian) / Kamus Bahasa Wolio (Wolio-Inggeris-Indonesia), Dordrecht: Foris

Yoruba

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wàá/

Contraction

wàá

1. Contraction of ìwọ á (“you'll”).

   Wàá dàgbà, wàá dogbó.

   You shall grow up, you shall grow old.

See also

• ẹ̀ẹ́ (“you'll”)
• màá; maa (“I'll”)
• wán án (“they'll”)
• àá (“we'll”)
• áá (“he'll; she'll; it'll”)