kawah

• IPA^(key): [ˈkawah]
• Hyphenation: ka‧wah

From Malay kawah (“crater”), possibly from Sundanese kawah.

kawah (plural kawah-kawah)

1. (geology) crater

From Malay kawah (“cauldron”).

kawah (plural kawah-kawah)

1. (obsolete) cauldron

   Synonyms: kaldron, kuali, kancah

From Javanese kawah (ꦏꦮꦃ, “amniotic fluid”), from Old Javanese kawah (“cauldron, cauldron of hell, amniotic fluid”).

kawah (plural kawah-kawah)

1. (Java) amniotic fluid

   Synonym: ketuban

• “kawah” 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.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkawah/ [ˈka.wah]

kawah (Jawi spelling کاوه, plural kawah-kawah)

1. cauldron

   Synonyms: kuali, kancah, periuk

2. (geology) crater (of a volcano)
3. (astronomy) crater on planetary surface
4. vortex of a whirlpool

• → Cebuano: kawa
• Indonesian: kawah

• Pijnappel, Jan (1875) “کاوه kawah”, in Maleisch-Hollandsch woordenboek, John Enschede en Zonen, Frederik Muller, page 76
• Wilkinson, Richard James (1901) “کاوه kawah”, in A Malay-English dictionary, Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, page 499
• Wilkinson, Richard James (1932) “kawah”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume I, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, page 518

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

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kawaq (“cauldron; crater”)

kawah

1. crater
2. (figurative) hell

   Synonym: naraka

   • c. 1518, Sanghyang Siksakandang Karesian (Kropak 630), folio 13 verso:

     tan-awuruṅ inaṅti deniṅ kawah...

     certainly awaited by hell...