kawalan

Affixed kawal +‎ -an, from Malay kawalan.

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /kaˈwalan/ [kaˈwa.lan]
• Rhymes: -alan
• Syllabification: ka‧wa‧lan

kawalan (plural kawalan-kawalan)

1. protected objects
2. guard, protection

• “kawalan” 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.

• kayalan
• kaalan
• kawalanan

Syncopic form of kawalanan, from ala +‎ ka- -an. Compare Tagalog kawalan.

• IPA^(key): /kəwəˈlan/ [kə.wəˈlän]
• Hyphenation: kaw‧a‧lan

kawalan

1. loss; deprivation; depletion

   Synonyms: kabatingan, pangawala, kakulangan

2. lack; deficiency; insufficiency

   Synonyms: kabatingan, pangawala, kakulangan

3. void; emptiness; nothingness

   Synonyms: kabatingan, alang-ala, kakulangan

4. poverty; indigence

   Synonyms: kapagkasakitan, kapagkaluluan

• kawalang-

Affixation of kawal +‎ -an.

• (Baku, Johor-Riau) IPA^(key): /kaˈwalan/ [kaˈwa.lan]
• Rhymes: -alan
• Hyphenation: ka‧wa‧lan

kawalan (Jawi spelling کاولن, plural kawalan-kawalan)

1. guard, protection^[1]
2. protected objects^[1]

• > Indonesian: kawalan (inherited)

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

• caual-an — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling
• kawal-an — dialectal, Marinduque, Quezon
• kawalaan — obsolete

Syncopic form of kawalaan, from wala +‎ ka- -an.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /kawaˈlan/ [kɐ.wɐˈlan̪]
• Rhymes: -an
• Syllabification: ka‧wa‧lan

kawalán (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜏᜎᜈ᜔)

1. loss; deprivation; depletion

   Synonyms: kasalatan, kakapusan, kakulangan

2. lack; deficiency; insufficiency

   Synonyms: kasalatan, kakapusan, kakulangan

3. void; emptiness; nothingness

   Synonyms: kasalatan, kakapusan, kakulangan

4. poverty; indigence

   Synonyms: karalitaan, pagdaralita, karukhaan, kahirapan, paghihirap

• kawalang-

• “kawalan”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

From Proto-Austronesian *kawayan.^[1] Compare Bikol Central kawayan, Cebuano kawayan, Tausug kayawan and Tagalog kawayan.

kawalan

1. bamboo