kawung

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay kaung, from Javanese ꦏꦮꦸꦁ (kawung) or Sundanese kawung, from Old Javanese kawuṅ (“cloth pattern; dried leaves of sugar palm”). Doublet of kabung.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈkawuŋ/ [ˈka.wʊŋ]
  • Rhymes: -awuŋ
  • Syllabification: ka‧wung

Noun

kawung (plural kawung-kawung)

  1. (Sunda) sugar palm (Arenga pinnata)
    Synonyms: enau, kabung, aren
  2. (Sunda) a type of cigarette that uses dried leaves of the sugar palm as the paper
  3. (art) a batik motif

Derived terms

  • gula kawung

Further reading

Javanese

Romanization

kawung

  1. romanization of ꦏꦮꦸꦁ

Sundanese

Etymology

From Old Sundanese kawuṅ, cognate of Old Javanese kawuṅ

Noun

kawung (Sundanese script ᮊᮝᮥᮀ)

  1. (botany) sugar palm (Arenga pinnata)

Derived terms

  • gula kawung
  • ruyung kawung

Further reading

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