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hawa

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hawa¹

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Arabic هَوَى (hawā, “love, desire, passion”).

noun hawa

  1. class ix longing, desire

hawa²

Where it comes from

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

adjective

  1. [[Appendix:Swahili_noun_classes#M-wa class|wa class_((II))]] inflected form of hii

Hawa³

proper noun

  1. Eve

    Similar: Eva

In English

  • air 6. music: a song, an aria
  • Eve the first woman

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"hawa." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/sw/hawa. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

hawa. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/sw/hawa

Chicago

"hawa." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/sw/hawa.

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@misc{hawa_2026,
  title = {hawa},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/sw/hawa},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}