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pawa

pawa

English

Noun

pawa (plural pawas)

  1. (New Zealand) An edible univalve mollusc of the genus Haliotis, having a shell lined with mother-of-pearl.
    • 1912, Katherine Mansfield, The Woman at the Store, from "Selected Short Stories"
      One little patch was divided off by pawa shells [...].

Synonyms

Translations


Chamicuro

Noun

pawa

  1. field

Lower Sorbian

Etymology

From paw (peacock).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpawa/

Noun

pawa f

  1. peahen

Declension

Noun

pawa

  1. inflection of paw:
    1. genitive singular
    2. accusative singular
    3. nominative dual

Yindjibarndi

Noun

pawa

  1. water

References

  • Frank J. F. Wordick, The Yindjibarndi Language (1982)