# lawa
## Alangan
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lawaq.

### Noun

lawà
* spider

## Bikol Central
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lawaq.

### Pronunciation

* Hyphenation: la‧wa
* IPA: /ˈlawaʔ/ [ˈl̪a.waʔ]

### Noun

lawà
* spider

## Brunei Malay
### Adjective

lawa
* beautiful

#### Antonyms

* bida

## Butuanon
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lawaq.

### Noun

lawa
* spider

## Chickasaw
### Etymology

Cognate with Choctaw lawa (“many, much”), Koasati lawa (“many”).

### Pronoun

lawa
* a lot

### Verb

lawa (active, in/transitive)
* (intransitive) to be many
* (intransitive) to be a lot
* (intransitive) to be a bunch
* (transitive) to be a lot in (a place)

#### Inflection

| Verbs beginning with a consonant. | Singular | Plural | Inclusive Tri-Plural |
| 1st-person (I, we) | lawali lawa-li | iilawa / iliilawa / liilawa ii-lawa / ilii-lawa / lii-lawa | iloolawa iloo-lawa |
| 2nd-person (you, you all) | ishlawa ish-lawa | hashlawa hash-lawa | hashlawa hash-lawa |
| 3rd-person (he, she, it, they) | lawa | (hoo)lawa (hoo-)lawa | (hoo)lawa (hoo-)lawa |

## Choctaw
### Alternative forms

* laua (traditional)

### Etymology

Cognate with Koasati lawa (“many”)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /laˈwa(h)/
* Transcription: lawah

### Adjective

lawa
* many. much
* a lot of
* too much

## Fijian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈlaɰa/

### Noun

lawa
* net, fishing net
* snare
* law

### Verb

lawa (lawa-vaka, lawavaka)
* to ambush (in war)

### Verb

lawa (lawa-na, lawana)
* (transitive) to accuse (on suspicion alone)

## Hawaiian
### Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *lawa₁ (compare with Maori rawa (“numerous, many, wealth”)).

### Noun

lawa
* sufficiency, abundance, plenty

### References

* ↑ Pukui, Mary Kawena, Elbert, Samuel H. (1986) “lawa”, in Hawaiian Dictionary, revised & enlarged edition, Honolulu, HI: University of Hawai'i Press, →ISBN, page 197
* ↑ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “lawa.1a”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online

## Higaonon
### Etymology 1

Akin to Western Bukidnon Manobo lawa.

#### Noun

lawa
* body

### Etymology 2

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lawaq. Akin to Cebuano lawalawa.

#### Noun

lawa
* spider

## Hiligaynon
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lawaq.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈlawaʔ/ [ˈla.waʔ]

### Noun

lawà
* spiderweb

## Iban
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /la.wa/

### Adjective

lawa
* beautiful, good-looking, pretty
    Synonym: bajik
    Lawa amat indu nya!That lady is so beautiful!
* arrogant

## Indonesian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /la.wa/
* Rhymes: -la
* Hyphenation: la‧wa

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Makasar [Term?] and Buginese [Term?].

#### Noun

lawa (plural lawa-lawa)
* (cooking) salad
    Synonym: urap
* (cooking) Buginese dish made from raw fish or banana blossoms, mixed with grated or fried coconut, spices, and vinegar

##### Derived terms

* lawa pisang batu

### Etymology 2

Unknown, inherited from Malay lawa (“board”), probably from Old Javanese lawa (“fragment, piece”), from Sanskrit लव (lava).

#### Noun

lawa (plural lawa-lawa)
* (archaic) crossbar on boats and so on
* (archaic) barrier, obstacle
    Synonym: rintangan
* (archaic) roadblock

##### Derived terms

* melawa
* pelawa

### Etymology 3

inherited from Malay lawa (“beautiful”).

#### Adjective

lawa
* beautiful
    Synonym: indah

##### Derived terms

* melawa

### Further reading

* “lawa” 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.

## Javanese
### Romanization

lawa
* Romanization of ꦭꦮ

## Kagayanen
### Noun

lawa
* (anatomy) body

## Lindu
### Noun

lawa
* hindrance; obstacle

## Lower Sorbian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈlawa]

### Noun

lawa
* genitive singular of law
* accusative singular of law
* nominative dual of law

## Malay
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /lawa/
** Note: Unlike in many other words in Johor-Riau Malay that end with an /a/, the word-final /a/ in this word is not realized as a schwa [ə].
* Rhymes: -wa, -a

### Adjective

lawa (Jawi spelling لاوا)
* beautiful
    Synonyms: cantik, molek
    Lawanya perempuan itu!That girl is so beautiful!

#### Affixations

* dilawakan
* lawakan
* melawa
* melawakan

#### Descendants

* > Indonesian: lawa (inherited)

### Further reading

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

## Mansaka
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lawaq.

### Noun

lawa
* spider

## Masbatenyo
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lawaq.

### Noun

lawà
* spider

## Old Javanese
### Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit लव (lava).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /la.wa/
* Rhymes: -wa
* Homophone: lawā
* Hyphenation: la‧wa

### Noun

lawa
* fragment, piece
* minute of time

#### Derived terms

* lawā-lawā
* linawā-lawan
* lumawā-lawā

#### Descendants

* >? Malay: lawa
** > Indonesian: lawa (inherited)

### Further reading

* "lawa" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

## Polish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Italian lava.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈla.va/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ava
* Syllabification: la‧wa

### Noun

lawa f
* lava (molten rock ejected by a volcano from its crater or fissured sides)

#### Derived terms

* lawowy

### Further reading

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

## Quechua
### Noun

lawa
* a gruel made flour, water, and salt; sometimes prepared with maize

#### Declension
## Ratagnon
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lawaq.

### Noun

lawa
* spider

## Swazi
### Etymology

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

### Pronoun

lawa
* those over there, yonder; class 6 remote demonstrative.

## Tagakaulu Kalagan
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lawaq.

### Noun

lawa
* spider

## Tagalog
### Alternative forms

* laua — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ˈlawaʔ/ [ˈlaː.wɐʔ]
* Rhymes: -awaʔ
* Syllabification: la‧wa

### Etymology 1

From Western Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *rawaq (“swamp; morass”). Cognate with Javanese ꦫꦮ (rawa), Indonesian, Malay rawa / rawah (“marsh”), and Sundanese ranca (“swamp”).

#### Noun

lawà (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜏ)
* lake; lagoon
    Synonyms: dagat-dagatan, pulilan, laguna, danaw, lanaw
* any small flooded area
    Synonym: sanaw

##### Derived terms

* lawaan
* maglawa

#### Adjective

lawà (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜏ)
* (figurative) flooded; covered with water
    Synonym: sanaw

### Etymology 2

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lawaq. Doublet of alalawa. Compare Bikol Central lawa, Butuanon lawa, Tausug lawa' and Waray-Waray lawa.

#### Noun

lawà (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜏ)
* (dialectal, Quezon, Marinduque) spider
    Synonyms: gagamba, alalawa, lawa-lawa, (uncommon) aranya

### Further reading

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

### Anagrams

* wala

## Tausug
### Etymology

Unknown.

### Pronunciation

* (Sinūgan Parianun) IPA: /lawa/ [laˈwɑ]
* Rhymes: -a
* Syllabification: la‧wa

### Noun

lawa (Sulat Sūg spelling لَوَ)
* left hand, foot or limb
    Napukul in lawa niya.His left hand was amputated.
* left side

#### Antonyms

* tuu

## Tok Pisin
### Etymology

From Malay labah-labah.

### Noun

lawa
* spider

## Waray-Waray
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lawaq.

### Noun

lawà
* spider

## West Makian
### Pronunciation

IPA: /ˈl̪a.wa/

### Noun

lawa
* a door

### References

* Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎, Pacific linguistics

## Western Bukidnon Manobo
### Etymology

Akin to Higaonon lawa.

### Noun

lawa
* body

## Xhosa
### Alternative forms

* laa

### Etymology

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

### Pronoun

lawa
* those over there, yonder; class 6 remote demonstrative.