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Borrowed from Swahili dawa (“medicine”), borrowed from Arabic دَوَاء (dawāʔ).

dawa (plural dawas)

1. (East Africa) A medicine, particularly a native one or one used by witch doctors.
2. (Kenya) A cocktail made with vodka, honey, and lime juice.

• Awad, WADA, Wada, adaw
• Hyphenation: da‧wa
• IPA(key): /ˈdawa/ [ˈd̪a.wɐ]

dáwa (Badlit spelling ᜇᜏ)

1. millet
   Synonym: kabog

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *dawa.

• IPA(key): /ˈdawa/ [ˈd̪a.wa], /ˈdawaʔ/ [ˈd̪a.waʔ]
• Hyphenation: da‧wa

dáwa or dawà (Basahan spelling ᜇᜏ)

1. even if; even so; even though; although
   Synonym: maski

• IPA(key): /dáː.wàː/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [dáː.wàː]

dāwā̀ f (plural dāwōyī, possessed form dāwàr̃)

1. sorghum

• IPA(key): /dá.wà/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [də́.wə̀]

dawà m (possessed form dawàn)

1. the bush, the forest

• mugun dawa

dawa m (plural dabee f)

1. hand, arm
2. instrument, custom, measures

• Mous, Maarten; Qorro, Martha; Kießling, Roland (2002), Iraqw-English Dictionary (Kuschitische Sprachstudien), volume 18, Köln, Germany: Rüdiger Köppe Verlag, →ISBN, page 19

dawa

1. romanization of ꦢꦮ

• IPA(key): /ˈda.wa/
• Rhymes: -awa
• Syllabification: da‧wa

dawa

1. third-person singular present of dawaś

From Proto-Austronesian *zawa. Compare Hiligaynon dawa, Cebuano dawa, Tagalog dawa, Waray-Waray dawa, and Tausug dawa.

dawa

1. foxtail millet grain

• IPA(key): /da.ˈwa/, [da.ˈwa]

dawa

1. cloth

dawa

1. lawsuit; a dispute carried before a court or authority.

• “Dawa” in Jonathan Rigg, A Dictionary of the Sunda language (1862), page 103.

Borrowed from Arabic دَوَاء (dawāʔ).[1]

dawa class IX (plural **dawa class X or madawa class VI)

1. medicine, medication, medicament
2. remedy, cure

In its strictest sense, this word means "medicine", but is used generally for anything that improves or protects the condition of another thing; for example dawa ya viatu (“dawa of the shoes”) means "shoe polish".

• dawa ya ganzi (“anesthetic”)
• dawa ya kikwapa (“deodorant, antiperspirant”)
• dawa ya mapenzi (“love potion”)
• dawa ya meno (“toothpaste”)
• dawa ya mswaki (“toothpaste”)
• dawa ya viatu (“shoe polish”)
• dawa ya wadudu (“insecticide”)

1. ^ Baldi, Sergio (30 November 2020), Dictionary of Arabic Loanwords in the Languages of Central and East Africa (Handbuch der Orientalistik; Erste Abteilung: Der Nahe und der Mittlere Osten; 145), Leiden • Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 109 Nr. 969

• daua — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling

From Proto-Austronesian *zawa. Compare Hiligaynon dawa, Cebuano dawa, Puyuma dawa, Waray-Waray dawa, and Tausug dawa. Theorized also to be from Sanskrit यव (yava, “barley; grain; cereal”). See also Diyawa.

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA(key): /ˈdawaʔ/ [ˈd̪aː.wɐʔ]
    * Rhymes: -awaʔ
  • IPA(key): /ˈdawa/ [ˈd̪aː.wɐ] (obsolete)
• Syllabification: da‧wa

dawà (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜏ)

1. millet (Panicum miliaceum)

• dawa-dawa

• dawahan

• karawahan

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /daˈwaʔ/ [d̪ɐˈwaʔ]

• Rhymes: -aʔ

• Syllabification: da‧wa

dawâ (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜏ) (obsolete)

1. taking something out of a cave

• dumawa

• “dawa”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018

• adwa

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic داوى (dāwa).

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dawa (Tifinagh spelling ⴷⴰⵡⴰ)

1. (transitive) to heal

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

• ddwa (“medicine”)
• amdawi (“healer”)

From Proto-Austronesian *zawa.

• (Sinūgan Parianun) IPA(key): /dawa/ [d̪aˈwɑ]
• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: da‧wa

dawa (Sulat Sūg spelling دَوَ)

1. millet

dawa

1. soft mutation of tawa

dawa

1. everything

From Hausa dāwā̀.

• IPA(key): /dá.wà/

dáwà

1. sorghum
   Synonyms: jéró, ọkà bàbà