owa

See also: OWA, owa', ową, -owa, ọwa, Ọwa, öwa, and ˀówa

Bavarian

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈɔːβɐ/

Etymology 1

From Middle High German abher, ab-her, abeher, equivalent to å + her. Compare archaic German abher.

Adverb

owa

  1. down, downwards (direction towards the speaker)
    Antonym: auffa
Usage notes

Bavarian adverbs of direction come in pairs: endings in -i or -e denote direction away from the speaker (akin to hi), and endings in -a denote direction towards the speaker (akin to her).

Etymology 2

From Middle High German aver, aber, from Old High German aber, abur, aver, avur, afur, from Proto-Germanic *aferą (“behind”). Compare German aber, Luxembourgish awer (“but”), Saterland Frisian oaber (“but”), Middle Low German āver, German Low German aver (“but”).

Conjunction

owa (coordinating)

  1. but; however; though
    Muagn håb i koa Zeit, owa åm Freidåg dadat's geng. ― I don't have time tomorrow, but Friday would be fine.

Polish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈɔ.va/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔva
  • Syllabification: o‧wa

Pronoun

owa

  1. feminine nominative/vocative singular of ów
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