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awan

See also: Awan, awaŋ, and ą́wąn

Abenaki edit

Noun edit

awan

  1. air

References edit

Acehnese edit

Noun edit

awan

  1. cloud

Bakumpai edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hawan.

Noun edit

awan

  1. cloud

Balinese edit

Romanization edit

awan

  1. Romanization of ᬳᬯᬦ᭄

Bikol Central edit

Pronunciation edit

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

Noun edit

áwan (Basahan spelling ᜀᜏᜈ᜔)

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

Derived terms edit

Brunei Malay edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

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

Noun edit

awan

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

Central Melanau edit

Etymology edit

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

Noun edit

awan

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

Ibatan edit

Etymology edit

Cognate with Yami awan and Ivatan awaan.

Noun edit

awan

  1. year

Ilocano edit

Pronunciation edit

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

Verb edit

awán

  1. to not have
    Awan ti kuarta na.
    He has no money.

Preposition edit

awán

  1. without

Pronoun edit

awán

  1. nothing; nobody

Derived terms edit

Indonesian edit

 
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Etymology edit

From Malay awan, from Proto-Malayic *awan, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *awan, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *awan, from Western Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hawan.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈawan]
  • Hyphenation: awan
  • Rhymes: -an

Noun edit

awan (plural awan-awan, first-person possessive awanku, second-person possessive awanmu, third-person possessive awannya)

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

Synonyms edit

Derived terms edit

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Further reading edit

Javanese edit

Romanization edit

awan

  1. Romanization of ꦲꦮꦤ꧀

Malay edit

 
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Etymology edit

From Proto-Malayic *awan, *a(bw)an, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *awan, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *awan, from Western Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hawan.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

awan (Jawi spelling اون, plural awan-awan, informal 1st possessive awanku, 2nd possessive awanmu, 3rd possessive awannya)

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

Synonyms edit

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Irregular affixed derivations, other derivations and compound words:

Descendants edit

  • Indonesian: awan

Further reading edit

Old Javanese edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

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

Noun edit

awan

  1. midday, noon
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit

Etymology 2 edit

Noun edit

awan

  1. Alternative spelling of hawan

Quechua edit

Verb edit

awan

  1. third-person singular present indicative of away

Rejang edit

Romanization edit

awan

  1. Romanization of ꥆꥀꥐ

Southwestern Dinka edit

Noun edit

awan

  1. jackal, fox

References edit

  • Dinka-English Dictionary‎[1], 2005

Tagalog edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

Interjection edit

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

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

Etymology 2 edit

Learned borrowing from Ilocano awan.

Numeral edit

awán (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜏᜈ᜔) (neologism)

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

Further reading edit

  • “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] (in English and Tagalog), Manila: National Book Store, Inc., →LCCN, →OL

Yami edit

Etymology edit

Cognates with Ivatan awaan and Ibatan awan.

Noun edit

awan

  1. year
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