# lewa
## Fijian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /leɰa/

### Noun

lewa
* authority

## Gothic
### Romanization

lēwa
* Romanization of 𐌻𐌴𐍅𐌰

## Hawaiian
### Noun

lewa
* atmosphere
* heaven
* sky
* air
* place

### Verb

lewa
* to float

## Maltese

* Root
* l-w-j
* 5 terms

### Etymology

From Arabic لَوَى (lawā).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈlɛw.wa/

### Verb

lewa (imperfect jilwi, past participle milwi, verbal noun liwi)
* (transitive) to bend, to contort
    Synonym: għawweġ
* (intransitive) to turn (left or right on one’s way)

#### Conjugation

Conjugation of lewa :
| | | singular | singular | singular | plural | plural | plural |
| | | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person |
| perfect | m | lwejt | lwejt | lewa | lwejna | lwejtu | lwew |
| perfect | f | lwejt | lwejt | lwiet | lwejna | lwejtu | lwew |
| imperfect | m | nilwi | tilwi | jilwi | nilwu | tilwu | jilwu |
| imperfect | f | nilwi | tilwi | tilwi | nilwu | tilwu | jilwu |
| imperative | | | ilwi | | | ilwu | |

## Polish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈlɛ.va/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɛva
* Syllabification: le‧wa
* Homophone: Lewa

### Etymology 1

From French levée.

#### Noun

lewa f
* (card games) trick
    Synonym: wziątka

##### Declension
### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Adjective

lewa
* feminine nominative/vocative singular of lewy

### Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Noun

lewa m inan
* genitive singular of lew

### References

* ↑ https://sjp.pwn.pl/doroszewski/lewa;5446483.html

### Further reading

* lewa in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* lewa in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Swahili
### Pronunciation

* Audio (Kenya):(file)

### Verb

-lewa (infinitive kulewa)
* (stative) to be drunk
    wamelewa ― they are drunk

#### Conjugation

Conjugation of -lewa :
| Positive present | -nalewa |
| Subjunctive | -lewe |
| Negative | -lewi |
| Imperative singular | lewa |
Infinitives :
| Positive | kulewa |
| Negative | kutolewa |
Imperatives :
| Singular | lewa |
| Plural | leweni |
Tensed forms :
| Habitual | hulewa |
| Positive past | positive subject concord + -lilewa |
| Negative past | negative subject concord + -kulewa |
| Positive future | positive subject concord + -talewa |
| Negative future | negative subject concord + -talewa |
| Negative subjunctive | positive subject concord + -silewe |
| Positive present conditional | positive subject concord + -ngelewa |
| Negative present conditional | positive subject concord + -singelewa |
| Positive past conditional | positive subject concord + -ngalilewa |
| Negative past conditional | positive subject concord + -singalilewa |
| Perfect | positive subject concord + -melewa |
| "Already" | positive subject concord + -meshalewa |
| "Not yet" | negative subject concord + -jalewa |
| "If/When" | positive subject concord + -kilewa |
| "If not" | positive subject concord + -sipolewa |
| Consecutive | kalewa / positive subject concord + -kalewa |
| Consecutive subjunctive | positive subject concord + -kalewe |
Relative forms :
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information. :

#### Derived terms

* Verbal derivations:
** Causative: -levya
* Nominal derivations:
** mlevi (“drunkard”)
** ulevi (“alcoholism”)

## Tok Pisin
### Noun

lewa
* Alternative form of liva