# gawa
## Chichewa
### Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-gàba.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɡa.w⁽ᵝ⁾a/

### Verb

-gaŵa (infinitive kugáŵa)
* divide
* share, distribute

#### Derived terms

* Verbal derivations:
** Applicative: -gawira
* Nominal derivations:
** gawo

## Hausa
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɡáː.wáː/
** (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA: [ɡáː.wáː]

### Noun

gāwā f (possessed form gāwar̃)
* corpse, carcass

## Iban
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *gaway (“religious feast; festivity”). Doublet of gawai, compare with Tagalog gawa.

### Noun

gawa
* work

#### Derived terms

* pengawa
* begawa

### References

* ↑ Blust, Robert (2013) The Austronesian languages, revised edition, Asia-Pacific Linguistics Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, The Australian National University, →ISBN, page 576

## Japanese
### Romanization

gawa
* Rōmaji transcription of がわ

## Javanese
### Romanization

gawa
* Romanization of ꦒꦮ

## Old Javanese
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɡa.wa/

### Verb

gawa
* to bring
* to take
* to carry

#### Derived terms

* agawa-gawa
* aṅgawa
* aṅgawa
* aṅgawakĕn
* aṅgawani
* gagawan
* gawa-gawan
* ginawa
* ginawa-gawan

#### Descendants

* Javanese: ꦒꦮ (gawa)

## Swahili
### Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-gàba.

### Pronunciation

* Audio (Kenya):(file)

### Verb

-gawa (infinitive kugawa)
* to divide (split or separate into two or more parts)
* to share, distribute

#### Conjugation

Conjugation of -gawa :
| Positive present | -nagawa |
| Subjunctive | -gawe |
| Negative | -gawi |
| Imperative singular | gawa |
Infinitives :
| Positive | kugawa |
| Negative | kutogawa |
Imperatives :
| Singular | gawa |
| Plural | gaweni |
Tensed forms :
| Habitual | hugawa |
| Positive past | positive subject concord + -ligawa |
| Negative past | negative subject concord + -kugawa |
| Positive future | positive subject concord + -tagawa |
| Negative future | negative subject concord + -tagawa |
| Negative subjunctive | positive subject concord + -sigawe |
| Positive present conditional | positive subject concord + -ngegawa |
| Negative present conditional | positive subject concord + -singegawa |
| Positive past conditional | positive subject concord + -ngaligawa |
| Negative past conditional | positive subject concord + -singaligawa |
| Perfect | positive subject concord + -megawa |
| "Already" | positive subject concord + -meshagawa |
| "Not yet" | negative subject concord + -jagawa |
| "If/When" | positive subject concord + -kigawa |
| "If not" | positive subject concord + -sipogawa |
| Consecutive | kagawa / positive subject concord + -kagawa |
| Consecutive subjunctive | positive subject concord + -kagawe |
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:
** Applicative: -gawia
** Causative: -gawisha
** Passive: -gawiwa
** Reciprocal: -gawana
** Stative: -gawika
** Other formations: -gawanya
* Nominal derivations:
** gawo
** mgawo
** ugawaji (“distribution”)

## Tagalog
### Alternative forms

* gaua — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography

### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *gawaq (“work, official activity”). Compare Pangasinan gawa, Sambali gawa, Kapampangan gaua, and Iban gawa. See also Cebuano gama, Iban gawai, Malay gawai, and Javanese ꦒꦮꦺ (gawé, “to do; to work”).

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ɡaˈwaʔ/ [ɡɐˈwaʔ]
* Rhymes: -aʔ
* Syllabification: ga‧wa

### Noun

gawâ (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜏ)
* act of doing something
    Synonyms: trabaho, pagtatrabaho
* creation; making; manufacture
    Synonyms: yari, pagyari
* (by extension) repair; fix
    Synonyms: ayos, kompone
* deed; act
    Synonym: kagagawan
* work; employment; occupation
    Synonyms: trabaho, empleo, hanapbuhay, propersyon
* task; duty
    Synonyms: tungkulin, katungkulan
* work; opus (such as literary works, musical works, etc.)
    Synonyms: obra, akda, katha, trabaho

#### Derived terms

* Araw ng mga Manggagawa
* gawa-gawa
* gawaan
* gawain
* gawaing-bahay
* gawalagad
* gawan
* gawang-aso
* gawang-bahay
* gawang-kamay
* gawang-loob
* gawang-masama
* gawang-paloko
* gawang-sikap
* gawang-tao
* gawang-wika
* gawin
* gumawa
* gumawa ng eksena
* gumawa-gawa
* igawa
* ipagawa
* isagawa
* kagagawan
* katapangang-gawa
* kawanggawa
* madaling sabihin, mahirap gawin
* magawa
* maggawa
* magpagawa
* magsagawa
* maisagawa
* makagawa
* manggagawa
* may-kagagawan
* maygawa
* Mga Gawa
* nasa Diyos ang awa, nasa tao ang gawa
* pagawa
* pagawaan
* paggawa
* paggawa
* pagkakagawa
* pagsasagawa
* panggawa
* sagawa
* tagagawa
* tagapaggawa
* tagapagsagawa
* walang-gawa

#### See also

* gaway

### Adjective

gawâ (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜏ)
* made; manufactured
    Synonym: ginawa
    Saan ito gawa? Gawa sa papel ang belen na gawa ni Lourdes.What is it made of? It's made of paper, the belen that Lourdes has made.
* created; composed
    Synonym: ginawa
* caused

### Further reading

* “gawa”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
* Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*gawaq”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

### Anagrams

* waag, agaw, agwa