kawalan
Indonesian edit
Etymology edit
Affixed kawal + -an, from Malay kawalan.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
kawalan (plural kawalan-kawalan, first-person possessive kawalanku, second-person possessive kawalanmu, third-person possessive kawalannya)
Further reading edit
- “kawalan” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Tagalog edit
Alternative forms edit
- caual-an — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography
- kawal-an — dialectal, Marinduque, Quezon
- kawalaan — obsolete
Etymology edit
Syncopic form of kawalaan, from wala + ka- -an.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
kawalán (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜏᜎᜈ᜔)
- loss; deprivation; depletion
- Synonyms: kasalatan, kakapusan, kakulangan
- lack; deficiency; insufficiency
- Synonyms: kasalatan, kakapusan, kakulangan
- void; emptiness; nothingness
- Synonyms: kasalatan, kakapusan, kakulangan
- poverty; indigence
- Synonyms: karalitaan, pagdaralita, karukhaan, kahirapan, paghihirap
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
See also edit
Further reading edit
- “kawalan”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
Yami edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Austronesian *kawayan.[1] Compare Bikol Central kawayan, Cebuano kawayan, Tausug kayawan and Tagalog kawayan.
Noun edit
kawalan