ꦭꦮꦤ꧀

Javanese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Javanese lawan, lāwan (“adversary, match, opponent; with; and; moreover”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *laban (“beside; oppose”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lawan/
• Hyphenation: la‧wan

Noun

ꦭꦮꦤ꧀ (lawan)

1. (literary) adversary, opponent, rival

Conjunction

ꦭꦮꦤ꧀ (lawan)

1. (literary) and

Derived terms

• ꦊꦭꦮꦤꦤ꧀ (lelawanan)
• ꦔꦭꦮꦤ꧀ (ngalawan)
• ꦭꦮꦤꦤ꧀ (lawanan)
• ꦭꦸꦩꦮꦤ꧀ (lumawan)

 

Descendants

• → Banjarese: lawan

Further reading

• The Linguistic Center of Yogyakarta (2015) “lawan”, in Kamus Basa Jawa (Bausastra Jawa) [Javanese Language Dictionary (Javanese Dictionary)] (in Javanese), Yogyakarta: Kanisius, →ISBN