awang
Garo edit
Noun edit
awang
Synonyms edit
- wanggipa (formal)
Indonesian edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Malay awang, from Classical Malay اوڠ (awang), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *awaŋ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *awaŋ (“atmosphere, space between earth and sky”).
Pronunciation edit
Root edit
awang
Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
From Malay awang, from Classical Malay اوڠ (awang). Doublet of abang and bang.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
awang (first-person possessive awangku, second-person possessive awangmu, third-person possessive awangnya)
Adjective edit
awang (first-person possessive awangku, second-person possessive awangmu, third-person possessive awangnya)
- friendly
- Synonym: bersahabat
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “awang” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Kambera edit
Noun edit
awang
References edit
- Marian Klamer (1998) A Grammar of Kambera, Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 213
Kapampangan edit
Noun edit
awang
Malay edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Compare with abang (“older brother”).
Noun edit
awang (Jawi spelling اوڠ, plural awang-awang, informal 1st possessive awangku, 2nd possessive awangmu, 3rd possessive awangnya)
- A familiar name or mode of address that applicable to a young person (mostly for man).
- (figuratively) Slave.
Etymology 2 edit
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *awaŋ (“atmosphere, space between earth and sky.”),[1] from the root *-waŋ (“wide-open space”).[2] Doublet of awang-awang and awang-awangan, also awang-gemawang.
Noun edit
awang (Jawi spelling اوڠ, plural awang-awang, informal 1st possessive awangku, 2nd possessive awangmu, 3rd possessive awangnya)
- Atmosphere; airy interspace between earth and sky
Synonyms edit
Derived terms edit
References edit
Further reading edit
- “awang” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
Sundanese edit
Romanization edit
awang
- Romanization of ᮃᮝᮀ
Tagalog edit
Etymology edit
Compare kawang.
Pronunciation edit
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ʔaˈwaŋ/, [ʔɐˈwaŋ]
- Rhymes: -aŋ
- Syllabification: a‧wang
Noun edit
awáng (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜏᜅ᜔)
Derived terms edit
Adjective edit
awáng (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜏᜅ᜔)
Tiruray edit
Noun edit
awang
Yagara edit
Noun edit
awang
References edit
- Eipper, Christopher, STATEMENT OF THE ORIGIN, CONDITION, AND PROSPECTS, OF THE GERMAN MISSION TO THE ABORIGINES AT MORETON BAY, CONDUCTED UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN NEW SOUTH WALES, 1841.