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kawi

See also: Kawi

Balinese edit

Romanization edit

kawi

  1. Romanization of ᬓᬯᬶ

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Noun edit

kawi

  1. Obsolete spelling of gabi

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Noun edit

kawi m (uncountable)

  1. Old Javanese (language)
    Synonym: vieux javanais

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Indonesian edit

 
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Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈkawi]
  • Hyphenation: ka‧wi

Etymology 1 edit

Borrowed from Javanese ꦏꦮꦶ (kawi), from Old Javanese kawi (“poet”), from Sanskrit कवि (kavi).

Noun edit

kawi (first-person possessive kawiku, second-person possessive kawimu, third-person possessive kawinya)

  1. Old Javanese:
    1. The oldest attested form of Javanese language spoken up to the thirteenth century.
    2. The oldest and most extensive written language of Southeast Asia (chiefly, in terms of written records, and the most extensive in the number and variety of its texts).
  2. (Java) poet, author.
    Synonyms: pengarang, pujangga
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Etymology 2 edit

Borrowed from Arabic قَوِي (qawī, “strong”).

Adjective edit

kawi

  1. strong.
    Synonyms: kuat, kukuh, sakti

Etymology 3 edit

Borrowed from Buginese ᨀᨓᨗ (kawi).

Verb edit

kawi

  1. (Bugis) traditional Buginese tie or binding technique.

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Javanese edit

Romanization edit

kawi

  1. Romanization of ꦏꦮꦶ

Karao edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kami, from Proto-Austronesian *kami.

Pronoun edit

kawi

  1. we; us (exclusive of the person spoken to)

Old Javanese edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Sanskrit कवि (kavi, “poet”).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ka.wi/
  • Rhymes: -wi
  • Hyphenation: ka‧wi

Noun edit

kawi

  1. poet

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Javanese: ꦏꦮꦶ (kawi, “Old Javanese; poet”)
  • → Balinese: ᬓᬯᬶ (kawi, “Old Javanese”)

Further reading edit

  • "kawi" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

Swahili edit

Pronunciation edit

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Noun edit

kawi (n class, plural kawi)

  1. energy

Tagalog edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology 1 edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /kaˈwiʔ/, [kɐˈwiʔ]
  • Hyphenation: ka‧wi

Noun edit

kawî (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜏᜒ) (obsolete)

  1. revealing of an accomplice more than what is necessary
Derived terms edit

Etymology 2 edit

Possibly from Javanese ꦏꦮꦶ (kawi, “poet”), from Old Javanese kawi (“poet”), from Sanskrit कवि (kavi, “poet”). Compare Indonesian kawi.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈkawiʔ/, [ˈka.wɪʔ]
  • Hyphenation: ka‧wi

Noun edit

kawì (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜏᜒ) (linguistics, obsolete)

  1. jargon (for two people especially when they do not want to be understood by others)
    Synonyms: balbal, islang, salitang malabo, takitaki, tigbuhol
    Kawian mo siyang pakiusapan.
    Talk to him using jargons.
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Unami edit

Verb edit

kawi (third plural indicative kawi) (animate intransitive)

  1. (animate, intransitive) to sleep

References edit

  • Rementer, Jim with Pearson, Bruce L. (2005) “kawi”, in Leneaux, Grant, Whritenour, Raymond, editors, The Lenape Talking Dictionary, The Lenape Language Preservation Project
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