Indonesian

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Etymology

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From Sundanese hawu (stove), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qabu, from Proto-Austronesian *qabu. Doublet of abu.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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hawu (plural hawu-hawu)

  1. (dialectal) hearth
    Synonym: tungku

Further reading

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Old Javanese

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qabu.

Noun

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hawu

  1. ash
  2. powder

Alternative forms

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Javanese: ꦲꦮꦸ (awu)

Further reading

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

Polish

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Pronunciation

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Adverb

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hawu (not comparable)

  1. (Western Lublin, Janów Lubelski County) Alternative form of haw (here)

Further reading

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  • Hieronim Łopaciński (1892) “hawu”, in “Przyczynki do nowego słownika języka polskiego (słownik wyrazów ludowych z Lubelskiego i innych okolic Królestwa Polskiego”, in Prace Filologiczne (in Polish), volume 4, Warsaw: skł. gł. w Księgarni E. Wende i Ska, page 200

Sundanese

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Etymology

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From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qabu, from Proto-Austronesian *qabu.

Noun

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hawu (Sundanese script ᮠᮝᮥ)

  1. stove

Descendants

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  • Indonesian: hawu (hearth)

Zulu

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Pronunciation

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IPA(key): /hǎːwu/

Interjection

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hawu

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

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