dwa

See also: Dwa, dwA, d̪wa, and DWA

Translingual

Symbol

dwa

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Diri.

See also

  • Wiktionary’s coverage of Diri terms

Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French droit (right).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dwa/

Noun

dwa

  1. right (legal or moral entitlement)

References

  • Targète, Jean; Urciolo, Raphael (1993), Haitian Creole-English Dictionary[2], Dunwoody Press, →ISBN, page 55

Kashubian

Kashubian numbers (edit)
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    Cardinal: dwa

Etymology

    Inherited from Proto-Slavic *dъva.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈdva/
    • Rhymes: -a
    • Syllabification: dwa

    Numeral

    dwa

    1. two

    Declension

    Declension of dwa (irregular)
    plural masculine feminine neuter
    personal nonpersonal
    nominative dwaj, dwaji dwa dwie dwa
    genitive dwùch
    dative dwùma, dwùm
    accusative dwùch dwa dwie dwa
    instrumental dwùm
    locative dwùch

    Further reading

    • Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011), “dwa”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi[3]
    • dwa”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022

    Lower Sorbian

    Lower Sorbian cardinal numbers
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        Cardinal : dwa
        Ordinal : drugi

    Etymology

      Inherited from Proto-Slavic *dъva.

      Pronunciation

      • IPA(key): /ˈdwa/
      • Rhymes: -a
      • Syllabification: dwa

      Numeral

      dwa (feminine/neuter dwě)

      1. two

      Declension

      Further reading

      • Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928), “dwa”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
      • Starosta, Manfred (1999), “dwa”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag

      Old Frisian

      Alternative forms

      Etymology

      From Proto-West Germanic *dōn, from Proto-Germanic *dōną, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-. Cognates include Old English dōn, Old Saxon dōn and Old Dutch duon.

      Pronunciation

      • IPA(key): /ˈdwaː/

      Verb

      dwā

      1. (transitive) to do

      Conjugation

      Conjugation of dwā (irregular)
      infinitive dwā
      indicative present past
      1st person singular dwē dēde
      2nd person singular dēst dēde
      3rd person singular dēt(h) dēde
      plural dwāt(h), dwā dēden
      subjunctive present past
      singular dwē dēde
      plural dwā dēden
      imperative present
      singular -
      plural dwāt(h)
      participle present past
      - (e)dēn, dīen

      Descendants

      • North Frisian:
        Föhr-Amrum: du
        Mooring: düünj
        Sylt:
      • Saterland Frisian: dwo
      • West Frisian: dwaan

      References

      • Bremmer, Rolf H. (2009), An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN

      Old Polish

      Etymology

        Inherited from Proto-Slavic *dъva. First attested in the 14th century.

        Pronunciation

        • IPA(key): (10th–15th CE) /dva/
        • IPA(key): (15th CE) /dva/

        Numeral

        dwa

        1. two

        Declension

        This numeral needs an inflection-table template.

        Descendants

        References

        • B. Sieradzka-Baziur, Ewa Deptuchowa, Joanna Duska, Mariusz Frodyma, Beata Hejmo, Dorota Janeczko, Katarzyna Jasińska, Krystyna Kajtoch, Joanna Kozioł, Marian Kucała, Dorota Mika, Gabriela Niemiec, Urszula Poprawska, Elżbieta Supranowicz, Ludwika Szelachowska-Winiarzowa, Zofia Wanicowa, Piotr Szpor, Bartłomiej Borek, editors (2011–2015), “dwa”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN

        Old Sundanese

        Old Sundanese cardinal numbers
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            Cardinal : dwa
            Ordinal : kadwa, karo

        Alternative forms

        Etymology

        Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *duha, from Proto-Austronesian *duSa. Not related with Sanskrit द्व (dva)

        Pronunciation

        • IPA(key): /dwa/, /du.wa/

        Numeral

        dwa

        1. two
          • 1518, Sanghyang Siksa Kandang Karesian (Kropak 630), folio 19, verso:
            "Upama uraṅ mandi, cai patĕmuan heṅan ta na cai dwa pilihanĕnāna; nu kiruh dĕṅĕn nū heraṅ"
            Like when we bathe, the water we find will only have two choices: the turbid one, and the clear one."

        Derived terms

        • midwakeun
        • pangadwa

        Further reading

        Polish

        Polish numbers (edit)
        20
         ←  1 2 3  → 
            Cardinal: dwa
            Ordinal: drugi
            Adverbial: dwukrotnie, dwakroć
            Multiplier: podwójny, dwukrotny
            Distributive: podwójnie
            Adverbial qualitative: dwojako, dwoiście
            Multiplier qualitative: dwojaki, dwoisty
            Collective: dwoje, oboje, obydwoje
            Additional collective: oba, obydwa, para, duet
            Fractional: pół, połowa, połówka
            Numeral noun: dwójka
            Relational adjective: dwójkowy
            Related verb: dwoić

        Etymology

          Inherited from Old Polish dwa.

          Pronunciation

           
          • IPA(key): /ˈdva/
          • Audio 1:(file)
          • Audio 2:(file)
          • Rhymes: -a
          • Syllabification: dwa

          Numeral

          dwa

          1. two

          Declension

          Noun

          dwa n (indeclinable)

          1. (education) two (grade in school)

          Coordinate terms

          adjectives
          nouns
          prefix

          Trivia

          According to Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej (1990), dwa is one of the most used words in Polish, appearing 199 times in scientific texts, 322 times in news, 157 times in essays, 147 times in fiction, and 111 times in plays, each out of a corpus of 100,000 words, totaling 936 times, making it the 42nd most common word in a corpus of 500,000 words.[1]

          References

          1. ^ Ida Kurcz (1990), “dwa”, in Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej [Frequency dictionary of the Polish language]‎[1] (in Polish), volume 1, Kraków; Warszawa: Polska Akademia Nauk. Instytut Języka Polskiego, page 95

          Further reading

          Silesian

          Silesian cardinal numbers
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              Cardinal : dwa
              Ordinal : drugi
              Adverbial : dwakroć
              Multiplier : dwojisty
              Collective : dwoje
              Fractional : pōłowa

          Etymology

            Inherited from Old Polish dwa.

            Pronunciation

            • IPA(key): /ˈdva/
            • Audio:(file)
            • Rhymes: -a
            • Syllabification: dwa

            Numeral

            dwa

            1. two
            noun
            • dwōjka

            Further reading

            • dwa in silling.org

            Slovincian

            Etymology

              Inherited from Proto-Slavic *dъva.

              Pronunciation

              • IPA(key): /ˈdva/
              • Rhymes: -a
              • Syllabification: dwa

              Numeral

              dwa

              1. two

              References

              Xhosa

              Etymology

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

              Adverb

              -dwa

              1. (with quantitative concord) alone, only

              Derived terms

              • kodwa

              Zulu

              Etymology

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

              Pronunciation

              IPA(key): /dwa/

              Adverb

              -dwa

              1. (with quantitative concord) alone, just, only, solely
              2. (with quantitative and relative concords) one, only, sole

              Derived terms

              • kodwa

              References