# agwa
## Bikol Central
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish agua.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈʔaɡwa/ [ˈʔa.ɡwa]
* Hyphenation: a‧gwa

### Noun

ágwa (Basahan spelling ᜀᜄ᜔ᜏ)
* water (only used in set expressions)
    Synonym: tubig

#### Derived terms

* agwa bendita
* agwa de pataranta

## Hanunoo
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish agua (“water”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈʔaɡwa/ [ˈʔa.ɡwa]
* Rhymes: -aɡwa
* Syllabification: a‧gwa

### Noun

agwa (Hanunoo spelling ᜠᜤ᜴ᜯ)
* hair oil with a sweet scent

### Further reading

* Conklin, Harold C. (1953) Hanunóo-English Vocabulary (University of California Publications in Linguistics), volume 9, London, England: University of California Press, →OCLC, page 22

## Hiligaynon
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish agua.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈʔaɡwa/ [ˈʔa.ɡwa]
* Hyphenation: a‧gwa

### Noun

ágwa
* water
    Synonym: tubig
* perfume, scent
    Synonym: pahumot

## Karao
### Noun

agwa
* edible root of the taro plant

## Swahili
### Pronunciation

* Audio (Kenya):(file)

### Verb

-agwa (infinitive kuagwa)
* Passive form of -aga

#### Conjugation

Conjugation of -agwa :
| Positive present | -naagwa |
| Subjunctive | -agwe |
| Negative | -agwi |
| Imperative singular | agwa |
Infinitives :
| Positive | kuagwa |
| Negative | kutoagwa |
Imperatives :
| Singular | agwa |
| Plural | agweni |
Tensed forms :
| Habitual | huagwa |
| Positive past | positive subject concord + -liagwa |
| Negative past | negative subject concord + -kuagwa |
| Positive future | positive subject concord + -taagwa |
| Negative future | negative subject concord + -taagwa |
| Negative subjunctive | positive subject concord + -siagwe |
| Positive present conditional | positive subject concord + -ngeagwa |
| Negative present conditional | positive subject concord + -singeagwa |
| Positive past conditional | positive subject concord + -ngaliagwa |
| Negative past conditional | positive subject concord + -singaliagwa |
| Perfect | positive subject concord + -meagwa |
| "Already" | positive subject concord + -meshaagwa |
| "Not yet" | negative subject concord + -jaagwa |
| "If/When" | positive subject concord + -kiagwa |
| "If not" | positive subject concord + -sipoagwa |
| Consecutive | kaagwa / positive subject concord + -kaagwa |
| Consecutive subjunctive | positive subject concord + -kaagwe |
Relative forms :
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information. :

## Tagalog
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish agua (“water”), from Old Spanish agua, from Latin aqua.

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog)
** IPA: /ˈʔaɡwa/ [ˈʔaɡ.wɐ] (“water”, noun)
*** Rhymes: -aɡwa
** IPA: /ʔaɡˈwa/ [ʔɐɡˈwa], /ˈʔaɡwa/ [ˈʔaɡ.wɐ] (“splash; surge”, noun)
*** Rhymes: -a, -aɡwa
* Syllabification: ag‧wa

### Noun

agwa (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜄ᜔ᜏ)
* water
    Synonym: tubig

#### Usage notes

* Only used in certain expressions.

#### Related terms

* Aguas
* agwa destilada
* agwa-asahar
* agwa-bendita
* agwa-borikada
* agwa-de-kal
* agwa-de-pataranta
* agwa-kanangga
* agwa-kolonya
* agwa-oksihenada
* agwa-penikada
* agwa-plorida
* agwa-poso
* agwa-puwerte
* agwa-rehiya
* agwadero
* agwado
* agwador
* agwahe
* agwamadre
* agwamarina
* agwamiyel
* agwaras
* agwardiyente
* agwarosas
* agwasa
* agwasero
* agwaspotable
* agwatiyempo
* akwakultura
* akwarela
* akwarelista
* Akwaryo
* akwaryo
* akwaryum
* akwatika
* akwatiko
* akwosidad
* akwoso
* medya-agwa

### Noun

agwá or agwa (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜄ᜔ᜏ)
* big splash or surge of water (as when one dives into a river)

#### Derived terms

* maagwa
* magpaagwa
* paagwahan

#### See also

* salwak
* sigalbo

### Further reading

* “agwa”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2024
* “agwa”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
* “agwa”, in Pinoy Dictionary, 2010–2025
* Cuadrado Muñiz, Adolfo (1972) Hispanismos en el tagalo: diccionario de vocablos de origen español vigentes en esta lengua filipina, Madrid: Oficina de Educación Iberoamericana, page 17

### Anagrams

* waag, gawa, agaw