awang

awang

1. younger paternal uncle

• wanggipa (formal)

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈawaŋ/ [ˈa.waŋ]
• Rhymes: -awaŋ
• Syllabification: a‧wang

Inherited from Malay awang, from Classical Malay اوڠ (awang), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *awaŋ (“atmosphere”).

awang

1. (chiefly dialectal) sky, atmosphere, space

From Malay awang, from Classical Malay اوڠ (awang). Doublet of abang and bang.

awang (plural awang-awang) (dialectal)

1. child, young

   Synonym: anak

2. man

   Synonym: pria

awang (plural awang-awang)

1. (dialectal, uncommon) friendly

   Synonyms: bersahabat, ramah

Borrowed from Serui-Laut [Term?].

awang (plural awang-awang)

1. carvings of the Sea Serui tribe with coral motifs, usually found on boats, tifa, etc.

• “awang” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*awaŋ”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

awang

1. sky

• Marian Klamer (1998) A Grammar of Kambera, Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 213

awang

1. window

• IPA^(key): /awaŋ/
• Rhymes: -waŋ, -aŋ

Compare with abang (“older brother”).

awang (Jawi spelling اوڠ, plural awang-awang)

1. A familiar name or mode of address that applicable to a young person (mostly for man).
2. (figuratively) Slave.

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *awaŋ (“atmosphere, space between earth and sky.”),^[1] from the root *-waŋ (“wide-open space”).^[2] Doublet of awang-awang and awang-awangan, also awang-gemawang.

awang (Jawi spelling اوڠ, plural awang-awang)

1. Atmosphere; airy interspace between earth and sky

• udara
• angkasa

• “awang” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *awaŋ (“atmosphere”).

awang (Sundanese script ᮃᮝᮀ)

1. sky

   Synonym: langit

• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*awaŋ”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *awaŋ (“atmosphere, space between earth and sky”). Compare Malay awang. See also kawang.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔaˈwaŋ/ [ʔɐˈwaŋ]
• Rhymes: -aŋ
• Syllabification: a‧wang

awáng (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜏᜅ᜔)

1. crevice; crack; space between gap

awáng (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜏᜅ᜔)

1. slightly open; ajar

• “awang”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*awaŋ”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

• waang, gawan, angaw, ngawa

awang

1. small boat

awang

1. brother

• Eipper, Christopher, STATEMENT OF THE ORIGIN, CONDITION, AND PROSPECTS, OF THE GERMAN MISSION TO THE ABORIGINES AT MORETON BAY, CONDUCTED UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN NEW SOUTH WALES, 1841.