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awan

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See also: Awan, awaŋ, and ą́wąn

Abenaki

Noun

awan

  1. air

References

Acehnese

Noun

awan

  1. cloud

Bakumpai

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hawan.

Noun

awan

  1. cloud

Balinese

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hawan.

Noun

awan (Balinese script ᬳᬯᬦ᭄)

  1. cloud

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Old Javanese awan, hawan (“way, road, vehicle”).

Noun

awan (Balinese script ᬳᬯᬦ᭄)

  1. journey, travel
  2. cause

References

  • Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*hawan”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Further reading

  • “awan”, in Balinese–Indonesian Dictionary [Kamus Bahasa Bali–Indonesia] (in Balinese), Denpasar, Indonesia: The Linguistic Center of Bali Province [Balai Bahasa Provinsi Bali]
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Bikol Central

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʔawan/ [ˈʔa.wan̪]
  • Hyphenation: a‧wan

Noun

áwan (Basahan spelling ᜀᜏᜈ᜔)

  1. lawnmowing
  2. grass cutting or trimming
    Synonym: basabas

Derived terms

  • awanan
  • mag-awan

Brunei Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *awan (compare Malay awan), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hawan.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /awan/
  • Hyphenation: a‧wan

Noun

awan

  1. cloud (visible mass of water droplets suspended in the air)

Central Melanau

Etymology

From Proto-North Sarawak *awan, from Western Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hawan.

Noun

awan

  1. cloud (visible mass of water droplets suspended in the air)

Ibatan

Etymology

Cognate with Yami awan and Ivatan awaan.

Noun

awan

  1. year

Ilocano

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: a‧wán
  • IPA(key): /ʔaˈwan/, [ʔɐˈwan]

Verb

awán

  1. to not have
    Awan ti kuartana.
    He has no money.

Preposition

awán

  1. without

Pronoun

awán

  1. nothing; nobody

Derived terms

  • agawan
  • awanan
  • maawan
  • maawanan
  • paawanen

Indonesian

Etymology

Inherited from Malay awan, from Proto-Malayic *awan, Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hawan.

Pronunciation

Noun

awan (plural awan-awan)

  1. cloud (a visible mass of water droplets suspended in the air)
  2. (astronomy) cloud (any mass of dust, steam or smoke resembling such a mass)
  3. cloud-like pattern
  4. (figurative, uncommon) a very high place

Derived terms

  • awan-berawan (“group of clouds”)
  • berawan (“cloudy”)
  • keawanan
  • mengawan
  • perawanan

Compounds

  • awan air
  • awan air terjun
  • awan arkus
  • awan bakaran
  • awan bakat kuning
  • awan bakat merah
  • awan berarak
  • awan bersilap
  • awan campur
  • awan depresi
  • awan es
  • awan fohn
  • awan gelombang
  • awan gemawan
  • awan golak-galik
  • awan gulung
  • awan guntur
  • awan hitam
  • awan induk
  • awan induk mutiara
  • awan industri
  • awan inversi
  • awan jamur
  • awan jejak
  • awan kelabu
  • awan kemawan
  • awan kerawang
  • awan konveksi
  • awan konvektif
  • awan ledakan
  • awan letikular
  • awan luncur
  • awan malam
  • awan mengandung hujan
  • awan nakreus
  • awan Oort
  • awan orograf
  • awan orografik
  • awan panas
  • awan panji
  • awan pelangi
  • awan pengarak hujan
  • awan perak
  • awan pita
  • awan puncak
  • awan rak
  • awan rendah
  • awan rotor
  • awan tengah
  • awan tetes air
  • awan tinggi
  • awan topan
  • awan tudung
  • awan vulkanis

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Javanese

Romanization

awan

  1. romanization of ꦲꦮꦤ꧀

Malay

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Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayic *awan, Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hawan.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈawan/ [ˈa.wan]
  • Rhymes: -awan
  • Hyphenation: a‧wan

Noun

awan (Jawi spelling اون, plural awan-awan or awan2)

  1. cloud (visible mass of water droplets suspended in the air)
    Synonym: mega
    • 2005 [1997 July], A. Samad Said, A. Samad Said: Sebuah antologi puisi yang menghimpunkan karya-karya selama setengah abad [A. Samad Said: An anthology of poems assembled from works spanning half a century], Utusan Publications, Memanggil Tun Teja (Poem No. 157), page 303:
      Dia mengingini sungai yang sejuk, jernih,
      merindui awan tenang yang paling putih
      He yearns for a river that is cold and clear,
      misses a calm cloud that is the most white.

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

  • berawan [stative / habitual] (beR-)
  • mengawan [agent focus] (meN-)

Irregular affixed derivations, other derivations and compound words:

Descendants

  • > Indonesian: awan (inherited)

Further reading

Old Javanese

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hawan (“atmosphere”).

Noun

awan

  1. midday, noon
Derived terms
  • kāwanan
  • māwan
  • āwan
Descendants

Etymology 2

Noun

awan

  1. alternative spelling of hawan

Quechua

Verb

awan

  1. third-person singular present indicative of away

Rejang

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hawan (“atmosphere”).

Noun

awan (Rejang script ꥆꥀꥐ)

  1. cloud

Southwestern Dinka

Noun

awan

  1. jackal, fox

References

  • Dinka-English Dictionary‎, 2005

Tagalog

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Interjection

awán (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜏᜈ᜔) (dialectal, Southern Tagalog)

  1. alternative form of aywan: I don't know!; I forgot!

Etymology 2

    Learned borrowing from Ilocano awan.

    Numeral

    awán (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜏᜈ᜔) (neologism)

    1. zero
      Synonyms: wala, sero, (neologism) kopong
    Derived terms

    Further reading

    • “awan”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018.
    • del Rosario, Gonsalo (1969), Maugnaying Talasalitaang Pang-agham : Ingles-Pilipino [Correlative Word List for Sciences : English-Filipino] (overall work in English and Tagalog), Manila: National Book Store, Inc., →LCCN, →OL

    Anagrams

    Yami

    Etymology

    Cognates with Ivatan awaan and Ibatan awan.

    Noun

    awan

    1. year

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