wawa

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meaning

power, energy, strength; confident, intense, forceful; amazing, impressive

semantic space · lipamanka

wawa is qualities of power and strength. A very strong person is wawa. The strength required to talk to new people one has never met before is wawa. wawa focuses less on the ability or possibility itself and more on the power and motivation behind it. wawa belongs to things with agency. If something is enabled, it is wawa. For example, if a lightbulb has been turned on, it becomes wawa. wawa is used frequently to refer to energy itself, both in an abstract sense (such as spoons or motivation) and in a physical sense, such as electricity or force. Many people aren't wawa until they drink their morning coffee. The coffee makes them wawa.

Another great angle of "wawa" is the concept of saturation and concentration. For example, a strong drink (as in, one that has a lot of alcohol) is wawa, but as you dilute it with water, it becomes less wawa. Another example is paint. Saturated paint mixed with a neutral shade of paint (like gray, black, or white) will slowly and slowly become less wawa. Depending on how salty water is, one could describe it as wawa, for example if comparing saltwater fish to freshwater fish.

ku translations

power100 strength100 powerful92 energy88 strong88 strongly82 force73 intense71 bold68 intensity65 reinforce63 firmly62 strengthen62 charge53 brave47 electrical42 rapid42 might40 tough35 electricity33 fast30 rapidly30 compelling27 confident27 quickly27 boost25 glory25 severe25

pu verbatim

  • ADJECTIVE strong, powerful; confident, sure; energetic, intense

usage

core · 100% usage

found in pu

coined pre-pu

origin

Finnish · vahva ‘strong, powerful, thick’

coined by jan Sonja

listen

kala Asi

jan Lakuse

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wawa

perhaps a pictogram of a person with raised arms, to signify strength

sitelen sitelen

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sitelen jelo

sitelen Emosi

ucsur

U+F1975

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