gawai

Iban

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *gaway (“religious feast; festivity”). Doublet of gawa.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɡawai̯]
  • Hyphenation: ga‧wai

Noun

gawai

  1. festive, celebration

Descendants

  • → Malay: gawai (semantic loan)

References

  1. ^ Blust, Robert (2013) The Austronesian languages, revised edition, Asia-Pacific Linguistics Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, The Australian National University, →ISBN, page 576

Indonesian

Etymology

Inherited from Malay gawai, from Old Javanese gawe, gaway (“work, task, occupation; work, product; feast, celebration; use, purpose”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *gaway (“religious feast; festivity”), either learned from Javanese ꦒꦮꦺ (gawé, “work, use”) or via precursor Malay dialects.

  • The sense “gadget” is a semantic loan from English gadget. Coined by Indonesian translator Erich Ekoputra.
  • The sense “celebration” is a semantic loan from Kendayan gawai.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈɡawai̯/ [ˈɡa.wai̯]
  • Rhymes: -awai̯
  • Syllabification: ga‧wai

Noun

gawai (plural gawai-gawai)

  1. gadget (electronics product)
    Synonym: acang
  2. (archaic) work, job
    Synonyms: kerja, pekerjaan
  3. (obsolete) tool, equipment
    Synonyms: alat, perkakas
  4. celebration, particularly of the Gawai Dayak
  5. (electrical engineering) device

Derived terms

  • gawai pintar
  • gawai raja

Descendants

  • → Malay: gawai (semantic loan)

Further reading

Malay

Etymology

From Old Javanese gaway (“work, task, occupation; work, product; feast, celebration; use, purpose”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *gaway (“religious feast; festivity”). Compare with Javanese ꦒꦮꦺ (gawé, “work, use”), Iban gawa plus Tagalog gaway (“witchcraft”) and gawa (“work”).

  • Sense of “gadget” is a semantic loan from Indonesian gawai.
  • Sense of “celebration” is a semantic loan from Iban gawai in Borneo.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɡawai̯]
  • Hyphenation: ga‧wai

Noun

gawai (Jawi spelling ݢاواي, plural gawai-gawai)

  1. (archaic) work, job, task
    Synonyms: kerja, pekerjaan
  2. (Riau) gadget, tool, equipment.
    Synonyms: alat, peranti, perkakas
  3. (Sarawak) celebration, particularly of the Iban harvest festival.

Derived terms

References

  • Pijnappel, Jan (1875) “ݢاوي gawei”, in Maleisch-Hollandsch woordenboek, John Enschede en Zonen, Frederik Muller, page 100
  • Wilkinson, Richard James (1901) “ݢاوي gawai”, in A Malay-English dictionary, Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, page 96
  • Wilkinson, Richard James (1932) “gawai”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume I, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, page 332

Further reading

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