wā

See also: Appendix:Variations of "wa"

Hawaiian

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *wasa (“interval (of space or time)”) (compare with Maori wā (“to stamp, to trample, to brace with one's feet”), Tahitian va, Tongan vā (“distance”), Samoan vā (“space”)).

Noun

wā

1. time
2. noise

Mandarin

Romanization

wā (wa¹, Zhuyin ㄨㄚ)

1. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 凫
2. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 劸
3. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 哇
4. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 啒
5. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 嗗
6. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 媧／娲
7. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 徍
8. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 挖
9. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 搲
10. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 攨
11. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 汘
12. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 汚, 污
13. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 洼
14. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 溛
15. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 漥
16. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 畖
17. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 穵
18. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 窊, 窌
19. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 窪／洼
20. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 聉
21. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 蛙
22. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鞉
23. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鮭／鲑
24. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鲐
25. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鼃
26. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 凹

Maori

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *wasa (“interval (of space or time)”) (compare with Hawaiian wā, Tahitian va, Tongan vā (“distance”), Samoan vā (“space”)).

Noun

wā

1. time

Further reading

• “wā” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.

Pukapukan

Pukapukan cardinal numbers

<  3	4	5  >
Cardinal : wā     Ordinal : wā

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *fa, from Proto-Oceanic *pat, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *pat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *əpat, from Proto-Austronesian *Səpat.

Numeral

wā

1. four
2. fourth

Further reading

• Te Pukamuna | Pukapuka Dictionary