hawan

Cebuano

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: ha‧wan

Adjective

hawan

  1. clear; bare or free of obstacles; empty

Verb

hawan

  1. to clear away of something; to dispose of; to remove
  2. to empty the contents of

Old Javanese

Etymology

Probably hawa (“to drag, to draw”) +‎ -an.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /hawan/

Noun

hawan

  1. way, road
    Synonyms: dalan, hĕnū, ĕnu, mārga, patha
  2. vehicle
    Synonyms: mārga, wāha, ratha, wāhana, wahat, yāna

Alternative forms

Derived terms

  • ahawan
  • kahawan
  • mahawan
  • makahawan
  • māwan
  • āwan

Descendants

  • → Balinese: ᬳᬯᬦ᭄ (awan, “journey, travel; cause”)

Further reading

  • "hawan" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.
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