lawak

Cebuano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: la‧wak

Noun

lawak

1. a room, a chamber

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈla.waʔ/
• Rhymes: -waʔ, -aʔ, -ʔ
• Hyphenation: la‧wak

Etymology 1

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

Adjective

lawak (comparative lebih lawak, superlative terlawak, equative selawak)

1. funny (can cause laughter)

   Synonyms: lucu, kocak, (rare) jenaka

Derived terms

Affixed terms

• berlawak
• berlawak-lawak
• lawak-lawak
• lawakan
• melawak
• melawak-lawak
• pelawak

 

Etymology 2

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

Noun

lawak

1. a type of boat from West Java that is made from notched tree trunks

Derived terms

Affixed terms

• ? > lawak-lawak

 

Further reading

• “lawak” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Malay

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lawak/, [lawaʔ]
• Rhymes: -ak

Adjective

lawak (Jawi spelling لاوق)

1. Funny, amusing or humorous.

   Synonyms: jenaka, kelakar, lucu

   Lawaknya filem ini!

   This film is so funny!

Derived terms

• berlawak
• berlawak-lawak
• lawak-lawak
• melawak
• melawak-lawak
• pelawak

 

Further reading

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

Tagalog

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈlawak/ [ˈla.wɐk]
• Rhymes: -awak
• Syllabification: la‧wak

Noun

lawak (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜏᜃ᜔)

1. extent; expanse; reach

   Synonyms: laki, luwang, lapad, saklaw

2. great extent; extensive (of power or authority)

   Synonym: kasaklawan

3. area; field (of investigation, research, endeavor, etc.)

   Synonym: larangan

Derived terms

• kalawakan
• lawakan
• lumawak
• malawak
• paglawak