Oa or wa, stationary, separate among the events or things that partake in the passing of time; o, u or w, motionless, a, time-reality.

a) not making headway, lasting.

1) kwa, S. koa (parallel to ka), with auxiliary verb a; kwon, S. koan, infinitive or present participle.

alomun kwa b-a? where art thou? (Gen. Ill, 9), alon kwa|l-a? where is he? (J. IX, 12), b-isika bu-kab-oa t-ajeago, kena kokke kwa tu fa, lay thy hand upon her, and she [being only dead in appearance] shall live (yet) (comp. kokke ka i! he is alive! alika-i jiali eke-ci toho meli kokke fa i ma-iibo-n-wa-tu bia, if any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever), ama kwon kowa-ka d-amun? what lack I yet? aba-ro kwon kowa-ka b-amun, yet lackest thou one thing, abar-li abar-li kwon n-a goba a-fitikidi-n, (they) went out one by one, b-aiici kokke kwa|ma, thy son liveth (J. IV, 51), kokke kwon o-doma di, hui bajia kokke kwa|ma fa, because I live, ye shall live also, to-moroa Mary bolla kwa|ma goba bawhu o-loko, [Martha went and met Jesus:] but Mary sat still in the house, kena abar-li publican, Levi ci iri l-adeka bolla-kwon onnaki-ci bia custom plata, and (he) saw a publican, named Levi, sitting at the receipt of custom, Saul areroko o-rea a-fitikida kwa t-a amaronta-tu ajia-hu, and Saul, yet breathing out threatenings, Wacinaci a-borati-n o-doma di, tanahu ka-n kwa d-a, having therefore obtained help of God, I continue unto this day, l-akarato-sia o-loko yaha wa-ma tanahu kwon, and his sepulchre is with us unto this day, ika ki Sa-tu Ialoko ma-siko-n-wa kwa|ma: Jesus ma-kalimeto-n-wa kwa|ma-n o-doma, for the Holy Ghost was not yet given; because that Jesus was not yet glorified, m-andi-n kwa t-a d-ikisi.