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Antigua and Barbuda Creole English

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From English water.

wata

  1. water
  • Susan Shepherd, Modals in Antiguan Creole (1981)
  • Karl Martin Loeffler Reisman, "The Isle is Full of Noises": A Study of Creole in the Speech Patterns of Antigua (1964)

wata

  1. year

From English water.

wata

  1. water
  • IPA(key): /wá.tàː/
    • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [wə́.tàː]

watā̀ m (plural wàtànnī, possessed form watàn)

  1. moon
  2. month
  • IPA(key): /wá.tá/
    • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [wə́.tə́]

wata f

  1. feminine of wani

wata

  1. Rōmaji transcription of わた

wata

  1. Romanization of ꦮꦠ

From English water.

wàtá

  1. water

Akin to Maranao bata'.

wata

  1. child

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

wata

  1. four
  • Malcolm Ross, Proto Oceanic and the Austronesian Languages of Western Melanesia, Pacific Linguistics, series C-98 (1988)

Borrowed from German Watte, from Dutch watten, from Middle French ouate.

  • IPA(key): /ˈva.ta/
  • Rhymes: -ata
  • Syllabification: wa‧ta

wata f

  1. cotton wool (raw fibers of cotton)
  • wata in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • wata in Polish dictionaries at PWN

wata

  1. year