kawin
Iban
Etymology
From Malay kahwin, from Arabic كَاوِين (kāwīn, “marriage; dowry”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈka.wɪn]
- Hyphenation: ka‧win
Verb
kawin
- to marry
Indonesian
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Malay kahwin, kawin, from Classical Malay کهوين (kahwin), کاوين (kawin), from Persian کاوین (kâvin),[1] a variant of کابین (kâbin, “marriage-portion, dowry”).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈkawin/ [ˈka.wɪn]
- Rhymes: -awin
- Syllabification: ka‧win
Adjective
kawin
Verb
kawin
- to get married
- Synonym: nikah
- to be married
- to have sex (animal, non-human); to mate, to breed
- Synonym: berkelamin
- (colloquial) to have sex (human)
- Synonym: bersetubuh
Noun
kawin (plural kawin-kawin)
- clipping of perkawinan (“marriage”)
Derived terms
- berkawin
- kawin-mawin
- mengawin
- mengawini
- mengawinkan
- pengawinan
- perkawinan
- kawin acak
- kawin amanua
- kawin angkat bapak
- kawin bantu
- kawin batin
- kawin belis
- kawin campur
- kawin di bawah tangan
- kawin gantung
- kawin gelap
- kawin kantor
- kawin kontrak
- kawin lari
- kawin liwat
- kawin masuk
- kawin mutah
- kawin paksa
- kawin roko
- kawin siri
- kawin sirih pinang
- kawin sumbang
- kawin suntik
- kawin tambahan
- kawin tukar gadis
- kawin wakil
References
Further reading
- “kawin” 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.
Malay
Verb
kawin
- alternative form of kahwin