twa

See also: TWA, twå, and twą

Gothic

Romanization

twa

  1. Romanization of 𐍄𐍅𐌰

Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French trois, from Old French troy, trois, from Latin trēs, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes. Cognate to English three, Lithuanian trys, Sanskrit त्रि (trí).

Numeral

twa

  1. three

Mauritian Creole

Etymology

From French toi.

Pronoun

twa (nominative to)

  1. You. (second-person singular objective personal pronoun)

See also


Middle English

Numeral

twa

  1. (Northern ME, Early ME) Alternative form of tuo

Old English

Alternative forms

  • tƿa

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *twai, from Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁. Cognates include Old Saxon twā, twō, Old Dutch twēne, twē (Dutch twee), Old High German zwēne (German zwei), Old Norse tvær (Icelandic tveir, Danish to, Swedish två), Latin duo, Greek δύο (dýo), Proto-Slavic *dъva (Russian два (dva)). Combining form twi-, cognate with German zwi-, Sanskrit द्वि (dvi).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /twɑː/

Numeral

twā

  1. two.

Descendants

See also


Old Frisian

Old Frisian cardinal numbers
 <  1 2 3  > 
    Cardinal : twa

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *twai, from Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁.

Numeral

twā

  1. two

Inflection

Masculine SGFeminine SGNeuter SG
nominativetwēnetwātwā
accusativetwēnetwātwā
genitivetwīratwīratwīra
dativetwāmtwāmtwām

Descendants

  • North Frisian:
    Mooring: twäär m, tou f or n
    Föhr-Amrum, Helgoland and Sylt: tau
    Wiedingharde: tweer m, tau f or n
  • Saterland Frisian: two
  • West Frisian: twa

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tfa/

Pronoun

twa

  1. (chiefly literary) Alternative form of twoja.

Scots

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle English twa, northern form of tuo, Old English twā, from Proto-Germanic *twai, from Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /twɑː/, /twɔː/
  • (Southern) IPA(key): /tweː/
  • (Northern, Insular) IPA(key): /twaː/

Numeral

cardinal number
2 Previous: ane
Next: three

twa

  1. two

West Frisian

West Frisian cardinal numbers
 <  1 2 3  > 
    Cardinal : twa
    Ordinal : twadde

Etymology

From Old Frisian twa, from Proto-Germanic *twai, from Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁.

Numeral

twa

  1. two

Further reading

  • twa”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
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