hawu
Indonesian
Etymology
From Sundanese hawu (“stove”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qabu, from Proto-Austronesian *qabu. Doublet of abu.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈhawu/ [ˈha.wu]
- Rhymes: -awu
- Syllabification: ha‧wu
Noun
hawu (plural hawu-hawu)
Further reading
- “hawu” 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.
Old Javanese
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qabu.
Noun
hawu
Alternative forms
Derived terms
- ahawu-hawu
- awu-hawunĕn
- aṅhawu
- hawu-hawu
- hinawu-hawu
- mahawu
- pahawu-hawu
- pahawwan-hawwan
- pawu-awu
- pawwan-awwan
Descendants
Further reading
- "hawu" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.
Polish
Pronunciation
- (Lesser Poland):
- (Western Lublin) IPA(key): [ˈxa.vu]
Adverb
hawu (not comparable)
- (Western Lublin, Janów Lubelski County) alternative form of haw (“here”)
Further reading
- Hieronim Łopaciński (1892) “hawu”, in “Przyczynki do nowego słownika języka polskiego (słownik wyrazów ludowych z Lubelskiego i innych okolic Królestwa Polskiego”, in Prace Filologiczne (in Polish), volume 4, Warsaw: skł. gł. w Księgarni E. Wende i Ska, page 200
Sundanese
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qabu, from Proto-Austronesian *qabu.
Noun
hawu (Sundanese script ᮠᮝᮥ)
Descendants
- → Indonesian: hawu (“hearth”)
Zulu
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /hǎːwu/
Interjection
hawu
- oh my!, eish!, wow!, good heavens!
References
- C. M. Doke, B. W. Vilakazi (1972) “hawu”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “hawu (6-3.9)”