ꦲꦮ

Javanese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /(h)ɔ.wɔ/
  • Rhymes: -wɔ
  • Hyphenation: (h)a‧wa

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Malay hawa (“atmosphere, air; climate”), from Arabic هَوَاء (hawāʔ, “air, atmosphere”).

Adjective

ꦲꦮ (awa)

  1. (archaic) clear, transparent
  2. (archaic) bright

Noun

ꦲꦮ (awa)

  1. air
  2. weather

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb

ꦲꦮ (awa)

  1. to name something, to give a name to.

Etymology 3

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

Noun

ꦲꦮ (awa, hawa)

  1. desire

Etymology 4

Noun

ꦲꦮ (awa)

  1. alternative spelling of ꦲꦮꦏ꧀ (awak)

Further reading

  • The Linguistic Center of Yogyakarta (2011) “awa”, in Kamus Basa Jawa (Bausastra Jawa) [Javanese Language Dictionary (Javanese Dictionary)] (in Javanese), 2nd edition, Yogyakarta: Kanisius, →ISBN
  • The Linguistic Center of Yogyakarta (2011) “hawa”, in Kamus Basa Jawa (Bausastra Jawa) [Javanese Language Dictionary (Javanese Dictionary)] (in Javanese), 2nd edition, Yogyakarta: Kanisius, →ISBN

Madurese

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay hawa (“desire”), from Arabic هَوًى (hawan).

Noun

ꦲꦮ (hḁwḁ)

  1. desire, passion, impulse

References

  • Kiliaan, H. N. (1904) Madoereesch-Nederlandsch Woordenboek [Madurese-Dutch Dictionary], Leiden
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