lawang

Borrowed from Javanese ꦭꦮꦁ (lawang), from Old Javanese lawaṅ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lawaŋ (“door, gate, passageway”).

lawang

1. door, gate

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈlawaŋ/ [ˈla.waŋ]
• Rhymes: -awaŋ
• Syllabification: la‧wang

Borrowed from Javanese ꦭꦮꦁ (lawang), from Old Javanese lawaṅ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lawaŋ (“door, gate, passageway”).

lawang (plural lawang-lawang) (Java)

1. door, gate

   Synonym: pintu

From Sanskrit लवङ्ग (lavaṅga, “clove”), from Old Malay *lawang (“Cinnamomum culitlawan”) or another related Malayo-Polynesian language.

lawang (plural lawang-lawang) (dialectal)

1. cinnamon, Cinnamomum

   Synonym: kayu manis

2. nutmeg skin (which has been dried) is used as a spice

Unknown (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

lawang (plural lawang-lawang)

1. (zoology) shortbarbel pangasius (Pseudolais micronemus)

Borrowed from Kamang [Term?]

lawang (plural lawang-lawang)

1. (dialectal) hurricane, tornado

• “lawang” 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.

lawang

1. romanization of ꦭꦮꦁ

lawang

1. gate

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lawaŋ (“door, gate, passageway”).

lawang (Jawi spelling لاوڠ, plural lawang-lawang)

1. (dialectal, Sambas, Jambi Kota Seberang) door

lawang

1. window (opening for light and air)

lawang

1. door

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lawaŋ (“door, gate, passageway”).

• (Sinūgan Parianun) IPA^(key): /lawaŋ/ [laˈwɑŋ]
• Rhymes: -aŋ
• Syllabification: la‧wang

lawang (Sulat Sūg spelling لَوَڠْ)

1. door, gate
2. (euphemistic) vulva

   Synonym: bilat (vulgar)