# waa
## English
### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /wæː/

#### Interjection

waa
* The sound of a baby crying.
** 2018 August 16, Marina Hyde, “Sorry to break it to you, far-righters: James Bond is not on your team”, in The Guardian‎:I don’t see one of your lot getting it done, Richard. Waa waa waa, people are trying to replace us. Waa waa waa, can we stop for Cheetos.

##### Translations
### Etymology 2
#### Noun

waa (plural waa)
* Alternative form of wa (“Thai unit of length”)

### Anagrams

* Awa, AAW

## Alaba
### Noun

waa
* water

### References

* Joachim Crass, Das K'abeena: deskriptive Grammatik einer hochlandostkuschitischen Sprache (2005)

## Alemannic German
### Pronoun

waa
* Alternative form of waas

## Burji
### Etymology

From Proto-Cushitic. Cognates include Alaba waa, Hadiyya wo'o and Sidamo waa.

### Noun

wáa
* water

### Further reading

* Roba Dame, Charlotte Wedekind, Burji Dictionary (2008)
* Hans-Jürgen Sasse, An Etymological Dictionary of Burji, Kuschitische Sprachstudien 1 (1982, Hamburg, Hemut Buske Verlag)

## Djadjawurrung
### Noun

waa
* Corvus coronoides raven

## Gamilaraay
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /vaː/

### Interjection

waa
* expression of praise

### Noun

waa
* pendant

### References

* (2003) Gamilaraay Yuwaalaraay Yuwaalayaay Dictionary
* (2015) Ma Gamilaraay

## Garo
### Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *k/r/s-wa

### Verb

waa (intransitive)
* to rain

#### See also

* mikka

### References

* Burling, R. (2003) The Language of the Modhupur Mandi (Garo) Vol. II: The Lexicon‎, Bangladesh: University of Michigan, page 363

## Kaurna
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /vaː/

### Adverb

waa
* where

## Nzadi
### Noun

wàá (plural mǎn)
* village

### Further reading

* Crane, Thera, Larry Hyman, Simon Nsielanga Tukumu (2011) A grammar of Nzadi [B.865]: a Bantu language of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, →ISBN

## Ojibwe
### Particle

waa
* my! (exclamation)

#### See also

* waa-

### References

* The Ojibwe People's Dictionary https://ojibwe.lib.umn.edu/main-entry/waa-pc-disc

## Sidamo
### Etymology

From Proto-Cushitic. Cognates include Alaba waa, Burji waa and Hadiyya wo'o.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈwaː/

### Noun

waa m
* water

### References

* Kazuhiro Kawachi (2007) A grammar of Sidaama (Sidamo), a Cushitic language of Ethiopia, page 81
* Gizaw Shimelis, editor (2007), “wa”, in Sidaama-Amharic-English dictionary, Addis Ababa: Sidama Information and Culture department

## Siuslaw
### Verb

waa
* to speak

## Somali
### Particle

waa
* Topic marker which draws attention to the verb.

#### Usage notes

Placed before the verb; does not change normal word order.

## Wathaurong
### Etymology

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

### Noun

waa
* raven

## Woiwurrung
### Alternative forms

* wang
* wâng
* waang

### Noun

waa
* crow
** "When a crow (waa) comes over and cries 'waa, waa, waa', you know that your enemies are about."
* raven

### References

* Aunty Joy Murphy, Andrew Kelly (2019) Wilam, A Birrarung Story, page 28
* 1 2 3 4 https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/27/The_aborigines_of_Victoria_-_with_notes_relating_to_the_habits_of_the_natives_of_other_parts_of_Australia_and_Tasmania_%28IA_b24885228_0002%29.pdf
* ↑ B. J. Blake, Australian Aboriginal Languages, 1981, p48
* ↑ M. Woiwood, Barak Vs the Black Hats of Melbourne, 2017, p177

## Wolio
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʋaː/

### Noun

waa
* fire

### References

* Anceaux, Johannes C. (1987) Wolio Dictionary (Wolio-English-Indonesian) / Kamus Bahasa Wolio (Wolio-Inggeris-Indonesia), Dordrecht: Foris

## Yoruba
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /wàá/

### Contraction

wàá
* Contraction of ìwọ á (“you'll”).
    Wàá dàgbà, wàá dogbó.You shall grow up, you shall grow old.

### See also

* ẹ̀ẹ́ (“you'll”)
* màá; maa (“I'll”)
* wán án (“they'll”)
* àá (“we'll”)
* áá (“he'll; she'll; it'll”)