rawa

From Malay rawa, from Western Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *rawaq (“swamp; morass”). Cognate with Javanese ꦫꦮ (rawa) and Tagalog lawa (“lake”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈra.wa/, [ˈra.wa]
• Hyphenation: ra‧wa

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rawa (plural rawa-rawa)

1. marsh, swamp

• rawa on the Indonesian Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^id
• “rawa” 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.

From Old Javanese rawa.

rawa

1. swamp

rawa

1. cloth

• IPA^(key): [ˈrawa]

rawa (Lontara spelling ᨑᨓ)

1. below

   Antonym: rate

From Western Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *rawaq (“swamp; morass”). Cognate with Javanese ꦫꦮ (rawa) and Tagalog lawa (“lake”).

• (Johor) IPA^(key): /ˈrawə/ [ˈra.wə]

• (Penang, Bahasa Baku) IPA^(key): /ˈrawa/ [ˈra.wa]
• Hyphenation: ra‧wa

rawa (Jawi spelling راوا, plural rawa-rawa)

1. swamp; marsh; fen

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

From Proto-Polynesian *lawa₁ (compare with Hawaiian lawa (“abundance, plenty”)).^[1][2]

rawa

1. many, numerous

rawa

1. very, really, too

rawa

1. goods, property
2. wealth

• “rawa” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.

rawa

1. swamp

• IPA^(key): /ˈra.wa/

rawa

1. a wave

• Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎^[2], Pacific linguistics