# wa
## Translingual
### Symbol

wa
* (international standards) ISO 639-1 language code for Walloon.

### See also

* Wiktionary's coverage of Walloon terms

## English
### Etymology 1

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

#### Noun

wa
* A traditional proa-style outrigger canoe of the Caroline Islands.

### Etymology 2

From Thai วา (waa).

#### Noun

wa (plural wa)
* A Thai unit of length, traditionally comparable to a fathom, and now officially equal to two metres.

### Etymology 3

From Japanese 和 (wa).

#### Noun

wa (uncountable)
* In Japanese society, the favouring of a harmonious community over one's personal interests.

### Etymology 4

wa
* (Stenoscript) Abbreviation of where.

### Anagrams

* aw

## Afrikaans
### Etymology

From Dutch wagen.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /vɑː/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

wa (plural waens, diminutive waentjie)
* wagon
* cart
* automobile, car

#### Synonyms

* (car): kar

#### Derived terms

* polisiewa
* sleepwa

## Amele
### Noun

wa
* water

### References

* John R. Roberts, Amele Organised Phonology Data (1998)

## Anguthimri
### Noun

wa
* (Mpakwithi) grey hair

### References

* Terry Crowley, The Mpakwithi dialect of Anguthimri (1981), page 189

## Antillean Creole
### Etymology

From French roi.

### Noun

wa
* king

## Atong (India)
### Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s/p-wa. Cognate with Garo wa (“tooth, tusk”), Jingpho wa (“tooth”), Burmese သွား (swa:), and Tibetan སོ (so).

### Noun

wa
* tooth, tusk

### References

* van Breugel, Seino. 2015. Atong-English dictionary, second edition. Available online: https://www.academia.edu/487044/Atong_English_Dictionary.

## Bambara
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [wà]

### Particle

wa
* final interrogative particle on a yes/no question

## Baoule
### Adverb

wa
* here

## Bassa
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [wā]

### Pronoun

wa
* they, them

### Verb

wa
* to break

### References

* Bassa-English Dictionary
* 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.

## Bau
### Noun

wa
* water

### Further reading

* Hans van der Meer, Bau Organized Phonology Data

## Butmas-Tur
### Noun

wa
* water

### References

* Greenhill, S.J., Blust. R, & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271-283.

## Canela
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʋa/

### Noun

wa
* third-person of xwa

## Egyptian
### Romanization

wa
* Manuel de Codage transliteration of wꜥ.

## Etulo
### Verb

wā
* drink
    ḿ wēnî — I drink water
    ḿ wēnī — I drank water

### References

* Rose-Juliet Anyanwu, Fundamentals of Phonetics, Phonology and Tonology (2008)

## Garo
### Alternative forms

* wagam

### Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s/p-wa. Cognate with Jingpho wa (“tooth”), Burmese သွား (swa:), and Tibetan སོ (so).

### Noun

wa
* tooth

## Gele'
### Noun

wa
* water

## German
### Etymology 1

Clipping of nicht wahr? (“(is it) not true?”).

#### Pronunciation 1

* IPA: /va/
** (Berlin) IPA: [vɐ̠]

##### Particle

wa
* (colloquial, regional, parts of northern and central Germany) right?; is it?; is it not?
    Synonyms: ne, oder, gell; see also Thesaurus:nicht wahr
    Wir müssen da lang, wa?We need to go this way, don't we?

#### Pronunciation 2

* IPA: /vah/, /vhah/
** IPA: [ʋæh], [ʋhæh] (parts of northern Germany)

##### Particle

wa
* (colloquial, potentially rude) what, huh (expresses that something was extremely hard to understand acoustically or outlandish in content)
    Synonyms: hä, hüä; was

###### Usage notes

* Also spelled wat. Especially common in Hamburg and western Holstein, where dialects traditionally drop final /t/ (especially after fricatives).

### Etymology 2
#### Pronoun

wa
* (colloquial) Pronunciation spelling of wir.

## Gilbertese
### Noun

wa
* pirogue

## Gun
### Etymology

Stemming from the possible Proto-Gbe *bá, Proto-Gbe *vá, Proto-Gbe *wá, or Proto-Gbe *ɓá. Cognates include Fon wá, Saxwe Gbe va, Adja va, Ewe va. Possibly also cognates with Yoruba wá, Itsekiri wá, Olukumi wá

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /wá/

### Verb

wá
* to come

## Haitian Creole
### Alternative forms

* rwa

### Etymology

From French roi (“king”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /wa/

### Noun

wa
* king

#### See also

* rèn

## Ifè
### Alternative forms

* وَ

### Etymology

cognate with Yoruba wá

#### Pronunciation

* This entry needs pronunciation information. If you are familiar with the IPA then please add some!

#### Verb

wa (wá)
* come

## Jamaican Creole
### Etymology

Derived from English what.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /wa/

### Determiner

wa
* what
    Wa yu se?What did you say?

### Further reading

* wa at majstro.com

## Japanese
### Romanization

wa
* The hiragana syllable わ (wa) or the katakana syllable ワ (wa) in Hepburn romanization.
* The hiragana syllable は (wa) or the katakana syllable ハ (wa) in Hepburn romanization. (as particle)
* The katakana syllable ウァ (wa) in Hepburn-like romanization.

## Kapampangan
### Interjection

wa
* yes
    Antonym: ali

## Kashubian
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *va.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈva/
* Rhymes: -a
* Syllabification: wa

### Pronoun

wa
* second-person plural pronoun; you

#### Declension
### Further reading

* Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “wy”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi‎
* “wa”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022

## Kituba
### Verb

wa
* to hear

## Kumeyaay
### Noun

wa
* house

## Ladino
### Etymology

Probably from Moroccan Arabic ايوه (iwa).

### Interjection

wa
* (Haketia) so (used to introduce a new conversation or topic)

## Lingala
### Verb

wa
* to die

## Lorediakarkar
### Noun

wa
* water

## Mandarin
### Romanization

wa (wa$^5$ / wa$^0$, Zhuyin ˙ㄨㄚ)
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 哇
wa
* Nonstandard spelling of wā.
* Nonstandard spelling of wá.
* Nonstandard spelling of wǎ.
* Nonstandard spelling of wà.

#### Usage notes

* Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

## Marshallese
### Etymology

From Proto-Micronesian *waxa, from Proto-Oceanic *waga, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *waŋka, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *waŋka. Cognate with Maori waka, Tongan vaka, Hawaiian waʻa.

### Pronunciation

* (phonetic) IPA: [wɑ]
* (phonemic) IPA: /wæɰ/
* Bender phonemes: {wah}

### Noun

wa
* canoe, ship, boat
* vehicle

### References

* Marshallese–English Online Dictionary

## Mokilese
### Verb

wa
* to carry

#### Derived terms

* wahdo
* wahla

## Muong
### Etymology

From Chinese 花 (MC xwae). Cognate with Vietnamese hoa.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /waː¹/, [waː¹ ~ βaː¹]

### Noun

wa
* (Mường Bi) flower
    Synonym: pông

## Northern Ndebele
### Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-gʊ̀a.

### Verb

-wa
* to fall

#### Inflection

This entry needs an inflection-table template.

## Northern Sotho
### Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-gʊ̀a.

### Verb

wa
* to fall

## Oirata
### Noun

wa
* pea, bean

## Old English
### Alternative forms

* wei, wǣ

### Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *wai, from Proto-Germanic *wai, from Proto-Indo-European *wai.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /wɑː/

### Interjection

wā
* woe! alas! (expression of grief or anguish)

#### Derived terms

* wā lā wā

### Adverb

wā
* woe, ill

#### Related terms

* wāwa
* wēa

#### Descendants

* Middle English: wa, wo, woo
** English: woe
** Scots: wa, wae

## Old Javanese
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baʀah.

### Noun

wa
* ember, glowing coal

## Ottawa
### Pronoun

wa anim sg (plural niwi, obviative giwi)
* that

### References

* Jerry Randolph Valentine (2001) Nishnaabemwin Reference Grammar, University of Toronto, page 123

## Panim
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /wæ/

### Noun

wa
* water

### Further reading

* Panim Talking Dictionary

## Peranakan Indonesian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Chinese Hokkien 我 (óa, “I, me, my”).

### Pronoun

wa
* I; me; my (first person pronoun)

## Phuthi
### Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-gʊ̀a.

### Verb

-wa
* to fall

#### Inflection

This entry needs an inflection-table template.

## Polish
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *va.

### Pronunciation

* (Masovia):
** (Near Masovian) IPA: /ˈva/

### Pronoun

wa
* first-person dual pronoun; we

### Further reading

* Zygmunt Wasilewski (1889) “wa”, in Jagodne: wieś w powiecie łukowskim, gminie Dąbie: zarys etnograficzny (in Polish), Warsaw: M. Arct, page 248

## Polonombauk
### Noun

wa
* water

## Sa
### Noun

wa
* water

## Scots
### Alternative forms

* waa, waw

### Etymology

Inherited from Middle English wal, from Old English weall, from Proto-West Germanic *wall, from Latin vallum.

### Noun

wa (plural was)
* wall

### References

* “wa, n., v.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC, retrieved 24 May 2024, reproduced from W[illiam] Grant and D[avid] D. Murison, editors, The Scottish National Dictionary, Edinburgh: Scottish National Dictionary Association, 1931–1976, →OCLC.

## Shark Bay
### Noun

wa
* water

## Slovincian
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *va.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈva/
* Rhymes: -a
* Syllabification: wa

### Pronoun

wa
* second person dual pronoun you two

### Further reading

* Lorentz, Friedrich (1912) “vã”, in Slovinzisches Wörterbuch‎ (in German), volume 2, Saint Petersburg: ОРЯС ИАН, page 1253

## Sotho
### Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-gʊ̀a.

### Verb

wa
* to fall

## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from English wow.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈwa/ [ˈwa]
* Rhymes: -a
* Syllabification: wa

### Interjection

wa
* (Panama, Venezuela) wow
    Synonyms: wow, guao

### Further reading

* “¡wa!”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010

## Sumerian
### Romanization

wa
* Romanization of 𒉿 (wa)

## Swahili
### Pronunciation

* Audio (Kenya):(file)

### Etymology 1

From Proto-Bantu *-báa (“to become”). The original copula was -li, which survives in relative forms. The form ni was a focus marker, while si appears to have been a general negative marker. In modern standard Swahili, these all came together into one paradigm.

#### Verb

-wa (infinitive kuwa)
* to be
    Wewe ni nani? ― Who are you?
** 18th century, Abdallah bin Ali bin Nasir, Al-Inkishafi‎, stanza 13:اَوُرَكِيْبُوُ جُوَ نِمَاسِ ، كَكُلَ خَسَرَ اُخَسِرِيِAurakibuo jua ni-mwasi, kwa-kula khasara ukhasiriye.The one who rides it, know you are a rebel; you harm yourself.
* (in positive present) to become
    Inakuwa baridi. ― It is getting cold.
* (auxiliary) dummy verb that takes tense marking while the main verb takes aspect marking
    nilikuwa ninaandika ― I was writing
* (with specified location) stem of -wapo, -wako, or -wamo
* (with na or a form thereof) stem of -wa na

##### Usage notes

The copula is often omitted in colloquial speech in the present tense, for example:
* 1870, Edward Steere, “Kisa cha Hassibu karim ad dini na Sultani wa nyoka”, in Swahili Tales:Yule mtoto akamwambia mamaye, jina langu nini?And the child asked his mother, "What is my name?"

##### Conjugation

Conjugation of -wa (irregular) :
| Positive present | -nakuwa |
| Gnomic | ni |
| Subjunctive | -we |
| Negative | si |
| Imperative singular | kuwa |
Infinitives :
| Positive | kuwa |
| Negative | kutokuwa |
Imperatives :
| Singular | kuwa |
| Plural | kuweni |
Tensed forms :
| Habitual | huwa |
| Positive past | positive subject concord + -likuwa |
| Negative past | negative subject concord + -kuwa |
| Negative present | si |
| Positive future | positive subject concord + -takuwa |
| Negative future | negative subject concord + -takuwa |
| Negative subjunctive | positive subject concord + -siwe |
| Positive present conditional | positive subject concord + -ngekuwa |
| Negative present conditional | positive subject concord + -singekuwa |
| Positive past conditional | positive subject concord + -ngalikuwa |
| Negative past conditional | positive subject concord + -singalikuwa |
| Gnomic | ni |
| Perfect | positive subject concord + -mekuwa |
| "Already" | positive subject concord + -meshakuwa |
| "Not yet" | negative subject concord + -jawa |
| "If/When" | positive subject concord + -kiwa |
| "If not" | positive subject concord + -sipokuwa |
| Consecutive | kawa / positive subject concord + -kawa |
| Consecutive subjunctive | positive subject concord + -kawe |
| Object concord | — |
Relative forms :
↑ Only past tense -li- or future tense -taka-. For the present, use general positive. :
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information. :

### Etymology 2
#### Particle

wa
* m-wa class$_{(I/II)}$/m class$_{(III)}$/u class$_{(XI)}$ inflected form of -a

### References

* ↑ John H. McWhorter (1992) “NI and the Copula System in Swahili: A Diachronic Approach”, in Diachronica, volume 9, number 1, →DOI, pages 15–46

## Tagalog
### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /wa/ [wɐ]
* Rhymes: -a
* Syllabification: wa

#### Interjection

wa (Baybayin spelling ᜏ)
* shoo; used to drive away pigs and other animals
* used to express surprise, dismay, or sometimes a joke

##### See also

* su
* supi
* tse

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ˈwaʔ/ [ˈwaʔ]
* Rhymes: -aʔ
* Syllabification: wa

#### Interjection

wâ (Baybayin spelling ᜏ)
* said to make small children and babies laugh (usually said when playing peekaboo)

### Etymology 3

Influenced by Baybayin character ᜏ (wa).

#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /wa/ [wɐ]
* Rhymes: -a
* Syllabification: wa

#### Noun

wa (Baybayin spelling ᜏ)
* the name of the Latin-script letter W/w, in the Abakada alphabet
    Synonym: (in the Filipino alphabet) dobolyu

#### See also

* wa epek
* wawa

### Further reading

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

### Anagrams

* aw

## Tapayuna
### Etymology 1

From Proto-Northern Jê *ba (“I”) < Proto-Cerrado *waj’ (“I”).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈwa]

#### Pronoun

wa
* I (nominative case)

### Etymology 2

From Proto-Northern Jê *mba (“liver”) < Proto-Cerrado *mba (“liver”) < Proto-Jê *mba (“liver”).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈw̃a]

#### Noun

wa
* liver

## Ternate
### Etymology

Shortening of the negation particle ua.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈwa]

### Particle

wa
* sentence-final confirmation particle; isn't it?
    Bira moi rai, wa? ― The rice is already finished, right?
* sentence-final that indicates the speaker knows or should know what is being said
    Ngori tonyodi kolano ua, wa. ― I did not see the king, as you know.
    Piring ma riha, wa; ngomi ino misibela romodidi se ngomi.We divide the plates (red, as you know) between the two of us.(literally, “The plates that are red as you know; we here divided them into two for us.”)

### References

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

## Torres Strait Creole
### Adverb

wa
* yes

## Tsonga
### Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-gʊ̀a.

### Verb

wa
* to fall

## Tswana
### Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-gʊ̀a.

### Verb

wa
* to fall

## Unami
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [wa]

### Pronoun

wa
* this (animate)

#### See also

$^1$ Inaccessible to speaker, deceased

## Venda
### Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-gʊ̀a.

### Verb

wa
* to fall

## West Flemish
### Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hwat, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷod.

### Pronoun

wa
* (interrogative) what

## West Frisian
### Etymology

From Old Frisian hwā, from Proto-West Germanic *hwaʀ.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /vaː/

### Pronoun

wa
* who (interrogative)
    Wa binne jo?Who are you?

#### Derived terms

* wa't

#### Further reading

* “wa (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

## West Makian
### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /wa/

#### Verb

wa
* (intransitive) to stay

##### Conjugation
### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /wa/

#### Adverb

wa
* also

### References

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

## Woleaian
### Etymology

Cognate with Mokilese war (“canoe”)

### Noun

wa
* canoe

## Xhosa
### Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-gʊ̀a.

### Verb

-wa
* (intransitive) to fall

#### Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

## Yoruba
### Alternative forms

* وَ

### Etymology 1

Cognate with Igala wa

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /wā/

#### Determiner

wa
* our (first-person plural possessive pronoun)

##### See also
### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /wà/

#### Verb

wà
* to be (have a location in space)

##### Derived terms

* ọmọlúàbí, ọmọlúwàbí (“person of good character”)
* wíwà (“existence”)
* ìwà (“character”)

### Etymology 3

From Proto-Edekiri *wá compare with the Proto-Gbe *bá, Proto-Gbe *vá, Proto-Gbe *wá, or Proto-Gbe *ɓá. Cognates include Fon wá, Gun wá, Adja vá, Saxwe Gbe va, Ewe va from the Gbe languages, in addition to Akan bra, Akan ba, Nkonya ba

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /wá/

#### Verb

wá
* come
    Synonym: bọ̀

#### Synonyms

Yoruba Varieties and Languages - wá (“to come”) :
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| Language Family | Variety Group | Variety/Language | Subdialect | Location | Words |
| Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Southeast Yoruba | Ào | Ào | Ìdóàní | yá |
| Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Southeast Yoruba | Eastern Àkókó | Ìkàrẹ́ | Ìkàrẹ́ Àkókó (Ùkàrẹ́) | wá |
| Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Southeast Yoruba | Eastern Àkókó | Àkùngbá | Àkùngbá Àkókó | wá |
| Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Southeast Yoruba | Eastern Àkókó | Ṣúpárè | Ṣúpárè Àkókó | wá |
| Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Southeast Yoruba | Eastern Àkókó | Ọ̀bà | Ọ̀bà Àkókó | wá |
| Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Southeast Yoruba | Ìdànrè (Ùdànè, Ùdànrè) | Ìdànrè (Ùdànè, Ùdànrè) | Ìdànrè (Ùdànè, Ùdànrè) | wá |
| Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Southeast Yoruba | Ìjẹ̀bú | Ìjẹ̀bú | Ìjẹ̀bú Òde | wá |
| Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Southeast Yoruba | Ìjẹ̀bú | Rẹ́mọ | Ẹ̀pẹ́ | wá |
| Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Southeast Yoruba | Ìjẹ̀bú | Rẹ́mọ | Ìkòròdú | wá |
| Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Southeast Yoruba | Ìjẹ̀bú | Rẹ́mọ | Ṣágámù | wá |
| Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Southeast Yoruba | Ìkálẹ̀ (Ùkálẹ̀) | Ìkálẹ̀ (Ùkálẹ̀) | Òkìtìpupa | wá |
| Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Southeast Yoruba | Ìlàjẹ (Ùlàjẹ) | Ìlàjẹ (Ùlàjẹ) | Mahin | wá |
| Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Southeast Yoruba | Oǹdó | Oǹdó | Oǹdó | wá |
| Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Southeast Yoruba | Ọ̀wọ̀ (Ọ̀ghọ̀) | Ọ̀wọ̀ (Ọ̀ghọ̀) | Ọ̀wọ̀ (Ọ̀ghọ̀) | wá, ghá |
| Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Southeast Yoruba | Usẹn | Usẹn | Usẹn | wá |
| Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Ìtsẹkírì | Ìtsẹkírì | Ìtsẹkírì | Ìwẹrẹ | wá |
| Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Olùkùmi | Olùkùmi | Olùkùmi | Ugbódù | wá |
| Proto-Yoruba | Central Yoruba | Èkìtì | Èkìtì | Àdó Èkìtì | á |
| Proto-Yoruba | Central Yoruba | Èkìtì | Èkìtì | Òdè Èkìtì | á |
| Proto-Yoruba | Central Yoruba | Èkìtì | Èkìtì | Awó Èkìtì | á |
| Proto-Yoruba | Central Yoruba | Èkìtì | Èkìtì | Ìfàkì Èkìtì | á |
| Proto-Yoruba | Central Yoruba | Èkìtì | Àkúrẹ́ | Àkúrẹ́ | á |
| Proto-Yoruba | Central Yoruba | Èkìtì | Mọ̀bà | Ọ̀tùn Èkìtì | ghá, á |
| Proto-Yoruba | Central Yoruba | Ifẹ̀ (Ufẹ̀) | Ifẹ̀ (Ufẹ̀) | Ilé Ifẹ̀ (Ulé Ufẹ̀) | á, ghá |
| Proto-Yoruba | Central Yoruba | Ìjẹ̀ṣà (Ùjẹ̀ṣà) | Ìjẹ̀ṣà (Ùjẹ̀ṣà) | Iléṣà (Uléṣà) | á |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Àwórì | Àwórì | Èbúté Mẹ́tà | wá |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Ẹ̀gbá | Ẹ̀gbá | Abẹ́òkúta | wá |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Ẹ̀gbádò | Ẹ̀gbádò | Ìjàká | wá |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Èkó | Èkó | Èkó | wá |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Ìbàdàn | Ìbàdàn | Ìbàdàn | wá |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Ìbàràpá | Ìbàràpá | Igbó Òrà | wá |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Ìbọ̀lọ́ | Ìbọ̀lọ́ | Òṣogbo (Òsogbo) | wá |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Ìgbómìnà | Ìgbómìnà | Ìlá Ọ̀ràngún | wá |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Ìlọrin | Ìlọrin | Ìlọrin | wá |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Oǹkó | Oǹkó | Òtù | wá |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Oǹkó | Oǹkó | Ìwéré Ilé | wá |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Oǹkó | Oǹkó | Òkèhò | wá |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Oǹkó | Oǹkó | Ìsẹ́yìn | wá |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Oǹkó | Oǹkó | Ṣakí | wá |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Oǹkó | Oǹkó | Tedé | wá |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Oǹkó | Oǹkó | Ìgbẹ́tì | wá |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Ọ̀yọ́ | Ọ̀yọ́ | Ọ̀yọ́ | wá |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Standard Yorùbá | Standard Yorùbá | Nàìjíríà | wá |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Standard Yorùbá | Standard Yorùbá | Bɛ̀nɛ̀ | wá |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northeast Yoruba/Okun | Ìyàgbà | Ìyàgbà | Ìsánlú Ìtẹ̀dó | ghá |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northeast Yoruba/Okun | Owé | Owé | Kabba | ghá |
| Proto-Yoruba | Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba | Ana | Ana | Sokode | wá |
| Proto-Yoruba | Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba | Cábɛ̀ɛ́ | Cábɛ̀ɛ́ | Cábɛ̀ɛ́ (Ìdàdú) | wá |
| Proto-Yoruba | Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba | Cábɛ̀ɛ́ | Cábɛ̀ɛ́ | Tchaourou | wá |
| Proto-Yoruba | Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba | Ǹcà (Ìcà, Ìncà) | Ǹcà (Ìcà, Ìncà) | Baàtɛ | wá |
| Proto-Yoruba | Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba | Ìdàácà | Benin | Igbó Ìdàácà (Dasa Zunmɛ̀) | wá |
| Proto-Yoruba | Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba | Ọ̀họ̀rí/Ɔ̀hɔ̀rí-Ìjè | Ọ̀họ̀rí/Ɔ̀hɔ̀rí/Ìjè | Ìkpòbɛ́ | wá |
| Proto-Yoruba | Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba | Ọ̀họ̀rí/Ɔ̀hɔ̀rí-Ìjè | Ọ̀họ̀rí/Ɔ̀hɔ̀rí/Ìjè | Onigbolo | wá |
| Proto-Yoruba | Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba | Ọ̀họ̀rí/Ɔ̀hɔ̀rí-Ìjè | Kétu/Ànàgó | Kétu | wá |
| Proto-Yoruba | Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba | Ifɛ̀ | Ifɛ̀ | Akpáré | wá |
| Proto-Yoruba | Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba | Ifɛ̀ | Ifɛ̀ | Atakpamɛ | wá |
| Proto-Yoruba | Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba | Ifɛ̀ | Ifɛ̀ | Boko | wá |
| Proto-Yoruba | Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba | Ifɛ̀ | Ifɛ̀ | Moretan | wá |
| Proto-Yoruba | Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba | Ifɛ̀ | Ifɛ̀ | Tchetti (Tsɛti, Cɛti) | wá |
| Proto-Yoruba | Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba | Kura | Kura | Aledjo-Koura | wá |
| Proto-Yoruba | Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba | Kura | Kura | Awotébi | wá |
| Proto-Yoruba | Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba | Kura | Kura | Partago | wá |
| Proto-Yoruba | Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba | Mɔ̄kɔ́lé | Mɔ̄kɔ́lé | Kandi | nàá |
| Proto-Yoruba | Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba | Northern Nago | Northern Nago | Kambole | wá |
| Proto-Yoruba | Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba | Northern Nago | Northern Nago | Manigri | wá |
| Proto-Yoruba | Overseas Yoruba | Lucumí | Lucumí | Havana | gua |
| Note: This amalgamation of terms comes from a number of different academic papers focused on the unique varieties and languages spoken in the Yoruboid dialectal continuum which extends from eastern Togo to southern Nigeria. The terms for spoken varieties, now deemed dialects of Yorùbá in Nigeria (i.e. Southeast Yorùbá, Northwest Yorùbá, Central Yorùbá, and Northeast Yorùbá), have converged with those of Standard Yorùbá leading to the creation of what can be labeled Common Yorùbá (Funṣọ Akere, 1977). It can be assumed that the Standard Yorùbá term can also be used in most Nigerian varieties alongside native terms, especially amongst younger speakers. This does not apply to the other Nigerian Yoruboid languages of Ìṣẹkírì and Olùkùmi, nor the Èdè Languages of Benin and Togo. ||||||

### Etymology 4
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /wá/

#### Verb

wá
* to look for

##### Derived terms

* wájà (“look for a fight”)

### Etymology 5
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /wà/

#### Verb

wà
* to drive

##### Derived terms

* wakọ̀ (“to drive a car”)

## Zacatepec Chatino
### Pronoun

wa
* we (exclusive)

## Zarma
### Noun

wa
* milk

## Zay
### Etymology

Cognate to Silt'e [script needed] (-wa:).

### Conjunction

wa
* and

### References

* Initial SLLE Survey of the Zway Area by Klaus Wedekind and Charlotte Wedekind

## Zia
### Noun

wa
* rain

## Zulu
### Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-gʊ̀a.

### Verb

-wa
* (intransitive) to fall, to drop

#### Derived terms

* iwa

### References

* C. M. Doke, B. W. Vilakazi (1972) “wa”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “wa”