# pewa
## English
### Noun

pewa (plural pewas)
* Alternative spelling of peewah
** 1910, Department of Agriculture, Legislative Council, Trinidad and Tobago, [Council Paper], Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago: Government Printer, →OCLC, page 16:The Pewa or Peach palm (Guilielma speciosa) was introduced from Trinidad, and seedlings raised for distribution. The fruits when boiled in water with salt are appreciated as a food.
** 1984, Jeffrey W. Dellimore, Judy A. Whitehead, Secondary Agrobased Industries: ECCM and Barbados (Caribbean Technology Policy Studies Project; 90), Mona, Jamaica: Institute of Social and Economic Research, University of the West Indies, →OCLC, page 79:Nonconventional sources with development potential include: [...] wild plants such as gru gru, pewa (peach nut), many weeds and, possibly, the seeds of seaside grapes, fat pork, etc.
** 2000 November, Karl Burgess, “La Vega Estate”, in Pamela Collins, editor, Proceedings: Regional Agro-tourism Conference: Agro-tourism – a Sustainable Approach to Economic Growth […], Trinidad and Tobago: Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture, →OCLC, page 79:Mr. [Bertram] Manhin's travels resulted in his introducing into the country fruits like Pewa (Bactris gasipaes) from Costa Rica, Brazil and Peru; [...]

## Chamicuro
### Adjective

pewa
* good

#### Derived terms

* pewa puti'na

## Lindu
### Noun

pewa
* snare

## Maori
### Noun

pewa
* eyebrow

## Pipil
### Etymology

From Proto-Nahuan *peːwa, from Proto-Uto-Aztecan *pɨwa. Compare Classical Nahuatl pēhua (“to start”).

### Pronunciation

* (standard) IPA: /ˈpeːwa/

### Verb

pēwa
* (intransitive) to start, to begin
    Nipejki nimumachtia Nawat ashan nawi shiwitI started learning Nawat (Pipil) four years ago

#### Antonyms

* tami (“to end”)

## Swahili
### Alternative forms

* -pawa

### Pronunciation

* Audio (Kenya):(file)

### Verb

-pewa (infinitive kupewa)
* Passive form of -pa: to be given

#### Conjugation

Conjugation of -pewa :
| Positive present | -napewa |
| Subjunctive | -pewe |
| Negative | -pewi |
| Imperative singular | pewa |
Infinitives :
| Positive | kupewa |
| Negative | kutopewa |
Imperatives :
| Singular | pewa |
| Plural | peweni |
Tensed forms :
| Habitual | hupewa |
| Positive past | positive subject concord + -lipewa |
| Negative past | negative subject concord + -kupewa |
| Positive future | positive subject concord + -tapewa |
| Negative future | negative subject concord + -tapewa |
| Negative subjunctive | positive subject concord + -sipewe |
| Positive present conditional | positive subject concord + -ngepewa |
| Negative present conditional | positive subject concord + -singepewa |
| Positive past conditional | positive subject concord + -ngalipewa |
| Negative past conditional | positive subject concord + -singalipewa |
| Perfect | positive subject concord + -mepewa |
| "Already" | positive subject concord + -meshapewa |
| "Not yet" | negative subject concord + -japewa |
| "If/When" | positive subject concord + -kipewa |
| "If not" | positive subject concord + -sipopewa |
| Consecutive | kapewa / positive subject concord + -kapewa |
| Consecutive subjunctive | positive subject concord + -kapewe |
Relative forms :
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information. :