sawang

Lubuagan Kalinga

Noun

sawang

1. doorway

Malay

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sawaŋ/
• Rhymes: -awaŋ, -waŋ, -aŋ

Etymology 1

Probably from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sawaŋ (“atmosphere, distance”), from the root *-waŋ (“wide-open space”). Doublet of tawang and awang-awang.

Noun

sawang (Jawi spelling ساوڠ, plural sawang-sawang, informal 1st possessive sawangku, 2nd possessive sawangmu, 3rd possessive sawangnya)

1. Airy interspace between earth and sky

Synonyms

• angkasa
• udara

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

sawang (Jawi spelling ساوڠ, plural sawang-sawang, informal 1st possessive sawangku, 2nd possessive sawangmu, 3rd possessive sawangnya)

1. anything dirty that can be found on a ceiling (e.g. spider web, etc.)
2. cobweb

Derived terms

• pesawangan
• punai sawang
• rimba sawang
• sawang kumbang
• sawang langit
• sawangan
• sesawang

 

Further reading

• “sawang” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Minangkabau

Etymology

Probably from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sawaŋ (“atmosphere, distance”), from the root *-waŋ (“wide-open space”).

Noun

sawang

1. Wide and open forest

Ternate

Etymology

From Malay sawan, possibly through North Moluccan Malay.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sa.ˈwaŋ]

Noun

sawang

1. an illness variously characterized by convulsions, epilepsy, seizures

Verb

sawang

1. (stative) to be confused

Conjugation

Conjugation of sawang
	Singular	Plural
	Inclusive	Exclusive
1st	tosawang	fosawang	misawang
2nd	nosawang	nisawang
3rd	Masculine	osawang	isawang, yosawang†
Feminine	mosawang
Neuter	isawang
† - archaic

References

• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

Waray-Waray

Noun

sawang

1. town proper