# wawa
## English
### Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Perhaps related to wavey (“snow goose”)?

#### Noun

wawa (plural wawas)
* A snow goose.
** 1914, Poultney Bigelow, James Henry Worman, Ben James Worman, Outing Magazine: The Outdoor Magazine of Human Interest, page 14:The last of the morning flight of noisy wawas going fieldwards were streaming from the water when I pushed out in the canoe […]

### Etymology 2

Shortened and simplified form of water.

#### Alternative forms

* wa-wa

#### Pronunciation

* (US) IPA: /ˈwaˌwa/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)

#### Noun

wawa (uncountable)
* (colloquial, childish) Water. (Can we add an example for this sense?)

## Adangme
### Etymology

cf. Akan ɔwawa, Nzima wawa

### Noun

wawa
* (Krobo dialect) obeche, African whitewood (Triplochiton scleroxylon)

### References

* ↑ Irvine, F. R. (1961) Woody Plants of Ghana: With Special Reference to Their Uses‎, London: Oxford University Press, page 184

## Amis
### Noun

wawa
* child

## Anyi
### Etymology

cf. Nzima wawa, Akan ɔwawa

### Noun

wawa
* obeche, African whitewood (Triplochiton scleroxylon)
    Synonym: patabo(ɛ)

### References

* ↑ Irvine, F. R. (1961) Woody Plants of Ghana: With Special Reference to Their Uses‎, London: Oxford University Press, page 184

## Aymara
### Etymology

Probably mimics the cry of a baby through onomatopoeia.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈwa.wa/

### Noun

wawa
* baby
* child

#### Antonyms

* (elder): achachi

#### Descendants

* Spanish: guagua

## Baoule
### Etymology

cf. Nzima wawa, Akan ɔwawa

### Noun

wawa
* obeche, African whitewood (Triplochiton scleroxylon)
    Synonym: patabo(ɛ)

### References

* ↑ Irvine, F. R. (1961) Woody Plants of Ghana: With Special Reference to Their Uses‎, London: Oxford University Press, page 184

## Chinook Jargon
### Noun

wawa
* language
    Naika wawa Chinook wawa.I speak Chinook Jargon.

### Verb

wawa
* to talk, say, tell
* to speak (a language)
    Naika wawa Chinook wawa.I speak Chinook Jargon.

## Ewe
### Etymology

cf. Akan ɔwawa, Nzima wawa

### Noun

wawa
* obeche, African whitewood (Triplochiton scleroxylon)

### References

* ↑ Irvine, F. R. (1961) Woody Plants of Ghana: With Special Reference to Their Uses‎, London: Oxford University Press, page 184

## Fijian
### Noun

wawa
* gut, bowels, entrails
* tripe

## Ga
### Etymology

cf. Akan ɔwawa, Nzima wawa

### Noun

wawa
* obeche, African whitewood (Triplochiton scleroxylon)

### References

* ↑ Irvine, F. R. (1961) Woody Plants of Ghana: With Special Reference to Their Uses‎, London: Oxford University Press, page 184

## Italian
### Noun

wawa m (invariable)
* (music) wah-wah (sound, or mute used to produce it)

## Kambera
### Etymology

Compare Laboya ɓawa.

### Adverb

wawa
* down
    Ni-nja la wawa-mu.They are below you.

### References

* Marian Klamer (1998) A Grammar of Kambera, Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 127

## Kapampangan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈwawəʔ/ [ˈwäː.wəʔ]
* Hyphenation: wa‧wa

### Noun

wáwâ
* Súlat Wáwâ spelling of uaua

## Mwani
### Noun

wawa class 1a (plural wawawa)
* Alternative form of baba

## Nzima
### Etymology

cf. Akan ɔwawa

### Noun

wawa
* obeche, African whitewood (Triplochiton scleroxylon)
    Synonym: wana

### References

* ↑ Kerharo, J., Bouquet, A. (1950) Plantes médicinales et toxiques de la Côte-d’Ivoire - Haute-Volta‎ (in French), Paris: Vigot Frères, page 62
* ↑ Irvine, F. R. (1961) Woody Plants of Ghana: With Special Reference to Their Uses‎, London: Oxford University Press, page 184

## Old English
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈwɑː.wɑ/

### Noun

wāwa m
* Alternative form of wēa

#### Declension

Weak:

## Old Javanese
### Etymology 1

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baba. Compare Malay bawa.

#### Verb

wawa
* to bring, to carry

##### Derived terms

* amawa
* amawani
* amawi
* awawan
* kawawa
* kawawan
* makawawan
* mamawākĕn
* mawa
* pamawa
* pamawan
* pinamawākĕn
* umawa
* wawan
* winawa
* winawan
* winawanan

### Etymology 2
#### Adverb

wawa
* Alternative spelling of wawaṅ

### Etymology 3
#### Noun

wawa
* Alternative spelling of wa

## Quechua
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈwa.wa/

### Noun

wawa
* the child of a woman
* a baby or infant child

#### Coordinate terms

* churiususi

## Sakizaya
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /wa.ˈwa/, [wa.ˈwa]

### Noun

wawa
* child

## Sehwi
### Etymology

cf. Nzima wawa, Akan ɔwawa

### Noun

wawa
* obeche, African whitewood (Triplochiton scleroxylon)
    Synonym: patabo(ɛ)

### References

* ↑ Irvine, F. R. (1961) Woody Plants of Ghana: With Special Reference to Their Uses‎, London: Oxford University Press, page 184

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈwawa/ [ˈwa.wa]
* Rhymes: -awa
* Syllabification: wa‧wa

### Noun

wawa f (plural wawas)
* Eye dialect spelling of guagua.

## Tagalog
### Alternative forms

* uaua, vava — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling

### Etymology 1

From Proto-Philippine *wáqwaq (“mouth of a river”). Compare Kapampangan uaua, Cebuano wawa, Aklanon wawa, Kankanaey wawa, Yami wawa (“sea”).

#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ˈwawaʔ/ [ˈwaː.wɐʔ]
* Rhymes: -awaʔ
* Syllabification: wa‧wa

#### Noun

wawà (Baybayin spelling ᜏᜏ)
* river mouth; delta; estuary
    Synonym: delta

##### Derived terms

* kawawa-wawaan
* kawawaan
* mangwawawa
* walang-kawawaan
* Wawa

### Etymology 2

Clipping of kawawa, which in turn is a contraction of kaawa-awa (“pitiful”).

#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ˈwawaʔ/ [ˈwaː.wɐʔ]
* Rhymes: -awaʔ
* Syllabification: wa‧wa

#### Adjective

wawà (Baybayin spelling ᜏᜏ)
* (childish) pitiful; unfortunate; deserving one's pity
    Synonyms: kawawa, kaawa-awa, kahabag-habag, nakakaawa
    Wawa naman ang sanggol na iyon.Boohoo, that baby. (sense: crying; by extension: sad, pitiful)(literally, “How sad/pitiful is that baby.”)

### Etymology 3
#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ˈwawaʔ/ [ˈwaː.wɐʔ]
* Rhymes: -awaʔ
* Syllabification: wa‧wa

#### Noun

wawà (Baybayin spelling ᜏᜏ)
* meaning; real sense; point (of what one says)
    Synonyms: kasaysayan, kahulugan
* understanding
    Synonyms: intindi, unawa, pagkaunawa, watas

##### Derived terms

* kawawaan
* makawawa
* mawawaan

### Etymology 4
#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /waˈwa/ [wɐˈwa]
* Rhymes: -a
* Syllabification: wa‧wa

#### Noun

wawá (Baybayin spelling ᜏᜏ) (obsolete)
* act of scaring animals

##### Derived terms

* magwawa
* wawahan

### Etymology 5
#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /waˈwaʔ/ [wɐˈwaʔ]
* Rhymes: -aʔ
* Syllabification: wa‧wa

#### Noun

wawâ (Baybayin spelling ᜏᜏ) (obsolete)
* name of the Baybayin letter ᜏ, corresponding to "wa"

##### See also

* wa

### Further reading

* “wawa”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
* Noceda, Fr. Juan José de, Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves‎ (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier
* San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero‎, La Noble Villa de Pila
** page 104: “Barra) Vava (pp) o boca de rio.”
** page 408: “Boca) Vava (pp) del rio o la barra”
** page 603: “V) Vava (pc) eſta letra . v . vocal tienen los Tagalos en ſu eſcritura .| . vavayaon .| ᜏ . ſumolat ca dito nang vava, eſcriue aqui vna . V . de Indio, maſamang vava yari, [bella ca] es eſta [letra] .v.”

### Anagrams

* aw-aw

## Yami
### Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *waqwaq.

### Noun

wawa
* sea