kaliwa

Central Tarahumara

Alternative forms

Etymology

From kalí (house).

Verb

kaliwa (future kaliima, past participle kalíwami, preterite kaliili)

  1. (intransitive) have a house

References

  • Hilton, K. Simón (1993) Diccionario tarahumara de Samachique, Chihuahua, México (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 101) (in Spanish), special corrected and updated edition, Tucson: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 3
  • Hilton, K. Simón; Shoemaker, Wes (2016) Diccionario tarahumara actualizado (in Spanish), draft edition, SIL International, page 21

Swahili

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Verb

-kaliwa (infinitive kukaliwa)

  1. Passive form of -kaa: to be sat on

Conjugation

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *kali(n)wala with elision of the second /l/, from Southern Proto-Philippine *walah. Compare Bikol Central wala, Asi wala, Aklanon waea, Cebuano wala, Butuanon kawa, Surigaonon waya, and Tausug lawa.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: ka‧li‧wa
  • IPA(key): /kaliˈwaʔ/, [kɐ.lɪˈwaʔ]

Adjective

kaliwâ (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜎᜒᜏ)

  1. left (of direction)
    Antonym: kanan
  2. (politics) left; left-wing

Noun

kaliwâ (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜎᜒᜏ)

  1. left (direction)
    Antonym: kanan
  2. left hand (specifically)

Derived terms

See also

Further reading

  • kaliwa”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
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