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awan

See also: Awan, awaŋ, and ą́wąn

Abenaki

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Noun

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awan

  1. air

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Acehnese

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Noun

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awan

  1. cloud

Bakumpai

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hawan.

Noun

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awan

  1. cloud

Balinese

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Romanization

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awan

  1. Romanization of ᬳᬯᬦ᭄

Bikol Central

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Pronunciation

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

Noun

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áwan (Basahan spelling ᜀᜏᜈ᜔)

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

Derived terms

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Brunei Malay

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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awan

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

Central Melanau

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Etymology

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

Noun

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awan

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

Ibatan

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Etymology

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Cognate with Yami awan and Ivatan awaan.

Noun

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awan

  1. year

Ilocano

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Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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

Verb

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awán

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

Preposition

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awán

  1. without

Pronoun

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awán

  1. nothing; nobody

Derived terms

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Indonesian

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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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

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Javanese

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Romanization

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awan

  1. Romanization of ꦲꦮꦤ꧀

Malay

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Etymology

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

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Noun

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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

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Descendants

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  • Indonesian: awan

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Old Javanese

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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

Noun

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awan

  1. midday, noon
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Etymology 2

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Noun

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awan

  1. Alternative spelling of hawan

Quechua

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Verb

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awan

  1. third-person singular present indicative of away

Rejang

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Romanization

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awan

  1. Romanization of ꥆꥀꥐ

Southwestern Dinka

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Noun

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awan

  1. jackal, fox

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  • Dinka-English Dictionary‎[1], 2005

Tagalog

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Interjection

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

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

Etymology 2

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Learned borrowing from Ilocano awan.

Numeral

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awán (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜏᜈ᜔) (neologism)

  1. zero
    Synonyms: wala, sero, (neologism) kopong
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Further reading

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  • “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

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Yami

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Etymology

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Cognates with Ivatan awaan and Ibatan awan.

Noun

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awan

  1. year
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