hawu

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Indonesian

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Etymology

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From Sundanese ᮠᮝᮥ (hawu, stove), from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *(h)abu(s), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(q)abu(s), from Proto-Austronesian *qabu. Doublet of abu.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈhawu/
  • Hyphenation: ha‧wu

Noun

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hawu (first-person possessive hawuku, second-person possessive hawumu, third-person possessive hawunya)

  1. (dialect) hearth.
    Synonym: tungku

Further reading

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Old Javanese

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qabu.

Noun

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hawu

  1. ash
  2. powder

Alternative forms

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Javanese: ꦲꦮꦸ (awu)

Further reading

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

Sundanese

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Romanization

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hawu

  1. Romanization of ᮠᮝᮥ

Zulu

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Pronunciation

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IPA(key): /hǎːwu/

Interjection

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hawu

  1. oh my!, eish!, wow!, good heavens!

References

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