sawah
English edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
sawah (plural sawahs)
- A rice paddy.
Anagrams edit
Indonesian edit
Etymology edit
From Malay sawah, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sabaq (“irrigated ricefield”). Cognate of Javanese sawah, Madurese sabâ ,and Sundanese sawah.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
sawah (plural sawah-sawah, first-person possessive sawahku, second-person possessive sawahmu, third-person possessive sawahnya)
Derived terms edit
References edit
- “sawah” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Javanese edit
Romanization edit
sawah
- Romanization of ꦱꦮꦃ
Malay edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sabaq (“irrigated ricefield”). Cognate to Sundanese ᮞᮝᮂ (sawah), Indonesian sawah
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
sawah (Jawi spelling ساوه, plural sawah-sawah, informal 1st possessive sawahku, 2nd possessive sawahmu, 3rd possessive sawahnya)
- paddy (wet land where rice grows)
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- > Indonesian: sawah (inherited)
See also edit
Further reading edit
- “sawah” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
Old Javanese edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sabaq.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
sawah
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
Further reading edit
- "sawah" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.
Sundanese edit
Romanization edit
sawah
- Romanization of ᮞᮝᮂ