twa

See also:TWA,Twa,twå,twą,ƫwa,and-twa

Gothic

Romanization

twa

1. Romanization of𐍄𐍅𐌰

Haitian Creole

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European*tréyes

Proto-Italic*trēs

Latintrēs

Old Frenchtrois

Middle Frenchtroys

Frenchtroisder.

Haitian Creoletwa

FromFrenchtrois.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/twa/

Numeral

twa

1. three

Lingala

Verb

twa

1. tospit

Louisiana Creole

Etymology

Inherited fromFrenchtoi(“you”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/twa/
• Rhymes:-a

Pronoun

twa(second person singular objective pronoun)

1. (informal)you

Related terms

• to
• tô
• tochin
• tokin

Mauritian Creole

Etymology

FromFrenchtoi.

Pronoun

twa(nominativeto)

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

See also

Mauritian Creole personal pronouns

			singular	plural
1st person			mo mwa(objective)	nou
2nd person			to(informal),ou(formal) twa(objective)	zot
3rd person			li	zot,bann-la

Middle English

Numeral

twa

1. (Northern,Early Middle English)Alternative form oftwo

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/twɑː/

Numeral

twā

1. nominative/accusativefeminine/neuteroftwēġen

Descendants

• Middle English:two,tuo,(Early ME, Northern ME)twa
  • English:two,twain(dated);twey(archaic)
    • Solombala English:ту(tu)
  • Geordie English:twe
  • Scots:twa,twae

Old Frisian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ˈtwaː/

Numeral

twā

1. nominativeoraccusativefeminineoftwēne
2. nominativeoraccusativeneuteroftwēne

References

• Bremmer, Rolf H. (2009)An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary,Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company,→ISBN

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/tfa/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes:-a
• Syllabification:twa

Pronoun

twa

1. (chieflyliterary)Alternative form oftwoja

Further reading

• twain Polish dictionaries at PWN

Scots

Scots numbers^(edit)

← 1	2	3 →
Cardinal:twa Ordinal:second

Alternative forms

• twae

Etymology

FromMiddle Englishtwa,northern form oftwo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/twɑː/,/twɔː/
• (Southern Scots)IPA^(key):/tweː/
• (Northern Scots,Northern Isles)IPA^(key):/twaː/

Numeral

twa

1. two
   • 1875,William Alexander,Sketches of Life Among My Ain Folk,page51:

     "Atwa-horse wark, maybe? or dee ye make it oot wi' ae beast an' an owse? "

     (pleaseadd an English translationof this quotation)

References

• “twa,num.”,inThe Dictionary of the Scots Language,Edinburgh:Scottish Language Dictionaries,2004–present,→OCLC,retrieved21 May 2024,reproduced fromWilliam A[lexander]Craigie,A[dam]J[ack]Aitken[et al.],editors,A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue:[…],Oxford, Oxfordshire:Oxford University Press,1931–2002,→OCLC.
• “twa,num. adj.”,inThe Dictionary of the Scots Language,Edinburgh:Scottish Language Dictionaries,2004–present,→OCLC,retrieved21 May 2024,reproduced from W[illiam]Grant and D[avid]D. Murison, editors,The Scottish National Dictionary,Edinburgh:Scottish National Dictionary Association,1931–1976,→OCLC.

West Frisian

West Frisian cardinal numbers

< 1	2	3 >
Cardinal:twa Ordinal:twadde

Etymology

FromOld Frisiantwā.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/tva/

Numeral

twa

1. two

Further reading

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