Kawi

From Sanskrit कवि (kavi).

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɑːwi/

Kawi

1. A literary and prose language based on Old Javanese with a large number of Sanskrit loanwords, and used on the islands of Java, Bali, and Lombok; or the script used in writing this language.
   • 2012, Adrian Vickers, Bali: A Paradise Created, 2nd edition, Tuttle, page 118:

     The theory that Balinese religion was a branch of Indian Hinduism led the society to believe that the literature of ancient Bali should be in the classical language of India, but in fact the Kawi language has absolutely no grammatical connection to Sanskrit.

• kwai

Borrowed from Old Javanese kawi (“poet”), from Sanskrit कवि (kavi, “poet”).

• IPA^(key): /kawi/

Kawi (Balinese script ᬓᬯᬶ)

1. Old Javanese
2. Kawi

• “kawi” in Balinese–Indonesian Dictionary [Kamus Bahasa Bali–Indonesia], Denpasar, Indonesia: The Linguistic Center of Bali Province [Balai Bahasa Provinsi Bali].

Ultimately from Sanskrit कवि (kavi).

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈkawi/ [ˈkaː.wɪ]
• Rhymes: -awi
• Syllabification: Ka‧wi

Kawi (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜏᜒ)

1. Old Javanese

• “Kawi”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

• iwak, ikaw, wika