hawu

Indonesian

Etymology

From Sundanese ᮠᮝᮥ (hawu, “stove”), from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *(h)abu(s), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(q)abu(s), from Proto-Austronesian *qabu. Doublet of abu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhawu/
• Hyphenation: ha‧wu

Noun

hawu (first-person possessive hawuku, second-person possessive hawumu, third-person possessive hawunya)

1. (dialect) hearth.

   Synonym: tungku

Further reading

• “hawu” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Old Javanese

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qabu.

Noun

hawu

1. ash
2. powder

Alternative forms

• awu

Derived terms

• ahawu-hawu
• awu-hawunĕn
• aṅhawu
• hawu-hawu
• hinawu-hawu
• mahawu
• pahawu-hawu
• pahawwan-hawwan
• pawu-awu
• pawwan-awwan

 

Descendants

• Javanese: ꦲꦮꦸ (awu)

Further reading

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

Sundanese

Romanization

hawu

1. Romanization of ᮠᮝᮥ

Zulu

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /hǎːwu/

Interjection

hawu

1. oh my!, eish!, wow!, good heavens!

References

• C. M. Doke, B. W. Vilakazi (1972) “hawu”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “hawu (6-3.9)”