# bawa
## Garawa
### Noun

bawa
* older sibling

### References

* Ilana Mushin, A Grammar of (Western) Garrwa (2012)

## Hausa
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /báː.wàː/
** (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA: [báː.wàː]

### Noun

bāwā̀ m (feminine bâiwā, plural bāyī, possessed form bāwàn)
* slave

#### Derived terms

* bàutā
* bautar
* bawan Allah

## Indonesian
### Etymology

Inherited from Malay bawa, from Proto-Malayic *baba, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baba, from Proto-Austronesian *baba.

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Indonesian) IPA: /ˈbawa/ [ˈba.wa]
* Rhymes: -awa
* Syllabification: ba‧wa

### Verb

bawa (active membawa, passive dibawa)
* to carry, bring, take
    Tadi belanjaanya dibawa oleh saya.The shopping was carried by me.
    Dia mau membawa anaknya ke pasar.She wants to take her child to the market.
* to host
    Synonym: bawakan
    Mereka dijadwalkan untuk membawa acara bulan ini.They are scheduled to host an event this month.
* (figurative) to involve (to entangle in a confusing or troublesome situation)
    Synonym: libatkan

#### Derived terms

* bawa-bawa (“to carry around”)
* bawaan (“default, conginetal; carriage, load; character”)
* bawakan (“to carry, bring (for); to perform”)
* berbawaan (“to equivale”)
* berpembawaan (“charactered, talented”)
* pembawa (“carrier, bringer”)
* pembawaan (“carriage; character, talent”)
* sepembawa
* terbawa (“carried, carried away”)
* terbawa-bawa (“carried away”)

### References

* Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*baba”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

### Further reading

* “bawa” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

## Kavalan
### Noun

bawa
* boat

## Makasar
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baqbaq.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈbawa]

### Noun

bawa (Lontara spelling ᨅᨓ)
* (anatomy) mouth

## Malay
### Alternative forms

* bawak
* bak

### Etymology

From Classical Malay bawa, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baba₁, from Proto-Austronesian *baba₁. Compare to Old Javanese wawa (“to bring, to carry”).
First attested in the Kedukan Bukit inscription, 683AD, as Old Malay [script needed] (mava) in inflected form mamāwa.

### Pronunciation

* (Johor-Selangor) IPA: /bawə/, /bawa/, /bawaʔ/
* (Riau-Lingga) IPA: /bawa/, /bawə/, /bawaʔ/
* Audio (Malaysia):(file)
* Rhymes: -a

### Verb

bawa (Jawi spelling باوا)
* to carry.
* to take or lead someone to a certain place.
    Tolong bawa saya ke sana.Please take me there.
* to cause something.
* to involve into a certain event.
* (informal) to drive a vehicle
    Bawa elok-elok kereta di jalan.Drive the car carefully on the road.

### Further reading

* “bawa” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

## Maranao
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baba.

### Verb

bawa
* to carry (as on the back)

## Southern Ndebele
### Verb

-bawa$^?$
* to request, to ask

#### Inflection

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## Swahili
### Pronunciation

* Audio (Kenya):(file)

### Noun

bawa class V (plural mabawa class VI)
* Alternative form of ubawa

## Tagalog
### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ˈbawa/ [ˈbaː.wɐ]
* Rhymes: -awa
* Syllabification: ba‧wa

### Noun

bawa (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜏ)
* diminution; mitigation

#### Derived terms

* bawahan
* magbawa
* magpabawa
* makabawa
* makapagpabawa
* pagbabawa
* pagbawahin
* pagpapabawa
* papagbawahin
* walang-bawa

### Determiner

bawa (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜏ) (obsolete)
* each; every
    Synonyms: bawat, kada

#### See also

* bala
* halimbawa
* pawa

### Further reading

* “bawa”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

## Ternate
### Etymology

From Malay bawang.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈba.wa]

### Noun

bawa
* onion

### References

* Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

## Waskia
### Noun

bawa
* brother

### References

* Corinna Handschuh, A typology of marked-S languages