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kawi

See also: Kawi

Balinese

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Romanization

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kawi

  1. Romanization of ᬓᬯᬶ

Barngarla

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Noun

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kawi

  1. Obsolete spelling of gabi.

French

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Noun

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kawi m (uncountable)

  1. Old Javanese (language)
    Synonym: vieux javanais

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Indonesian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈkawi]
  • Hyphenation: ka‧wi

Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Javanese ꦏꦮꦶ (kawi), from Old Javanese kawi (“poet”), from Sanskrit कवि (kavi).

Noun

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kawi (first-person possessive kawiku, second-person possessive kawimu, third-person possessive kawinya)

  1. Old Javanese:
    1. The oldest attested form of Javanese language spoken up to the thirteenth century.
    2. The oldest and most extensive written language of Southeast Asia (chiefly, in terms of written records, and the most extensive in the number and variety of its texts).
  2. (Java) poet, author.
    Synonyms: pengarang, pujangga
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Etymology 2

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Borrowed from Arabic قَوِي (qawī, “strong”).

Adjective

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kawi

  1. strong.
    Synonyms: kuat, kukuh, sakti

Etymology 3

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Borrowed from Buginese ᨀᨓᨗ (kawi).

Verb

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kawi

  1. (Bugis) traditional Buginese tie or binding technique.

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Javanese

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Romanization

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kawi

  1. Romanization of ꦏꦮꦶ

Karao

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Etymology

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

Pronoun

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kawi

  1. we; us (exclusive of the person spoken to)

Old Javanese

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Sanskrit कवि (kavi, “poet”).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ka.wi/
  • Rhymes: -wi
  • Hyphenation: ka‧wi

Noun

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kawi

  1. poet

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Javanese: ꦏꦮꦶ (kawi, “Old Javanese; poet”)
  • → Balinese: ᬓᬯᬶ (kawi, “Old Javanese”)

Further reading

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

Swahili

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Pronunciation

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  • Audio (Kenya):(file)

Noun

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kawi (n class, plural kawi)

  1. energy

Tagalog

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Alternative forms

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Etymology 1

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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kawî (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜏᜒ) (obsolete)

  1. revealing of an accomplice more than what is necessary
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Etymology 2

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Possibly from Javanese ꦏꦮꦶ (kawi, “poet”), from Old Javanese kawi (“poet”), from Sanskrit कवि (kavi, “poet”). Compare Indonesian kawi.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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kawì (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜏᜒ) (obsolete)

  1. jargon (for two people especially when they do not want to be understood by others)
    Synonyms: balbal, islang, salitang malabo, takitaki, tigbuhol
    Kawian mo siyang pakiusapan.
    Talk to him using jargons.
Usage notes
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Derived terms
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See also
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Further reading

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Anagrams

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Unami

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Verb

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kawi (third plural indicative kawi) (animate intransitive)

  1. (animate, intransitive) to sleep

References

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  • Rementer, Jim with Pearson, Bruce L. (2005) “kawi”, in Leneaux, Grant, Whritenour, Raymond, editors, The Lenape Talking Dictionary, The Lenape Language Preservation Project
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