gawir

Indonesian

Etymology

From Sundanese gawir (“cliff, precipice”).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈɡawir/ [ˈɡa.wɪr]
  • Rhymes: -awir
  • Syllabification: ga‧wir

Noun

gawir (plural gawir-gawir)

  1. a very steep cliff or caused by faulting; scarp
    gawir sesar ― fault scarp

Further reading

Sundanese

Noun

gawir (Hanacaraka spelling ᮌᮝᮤᮁ)

  1. a steep slope, at the bottom of which there is an abyss; precipice or cliff

Further reading

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