kawa
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of kawa
Māori
Example Sentences
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“The simple kawa in the traditional language was not enough for me. I wanted to find a new symbol to express the word river.”
From Washington Post ● Mar. 4, 2021
"This is kawa, the accepted calligraphic character for river," she says, deftly sketching three short vertical strokes.
From Time Magazine Archive
The simple kawa in the traditional language was not enough for me.
From Time Magazine Archive
Instances of them are Kaode, from kawa a crow, Teli an oil-seller, Thubri a dwarf, Ubadkar an incendiary, Gudkari a sugar-seller and Dhāmankar from Dhāmangaon.
From The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II by Russell, R. V. (Robert Vane)
When added directly to the root it raises the stem vowel as in; Eu ku contain to be hollow; Lat cava; Dak -ko be hollow, noun ko a hole; kawa open.
From The Dakotan Languages, and Their Relations to Other Languages by Williamson, A. W. (Andrew Woods)
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