kawalan

Indonesian

Etymology

Affixed kawal +‎ -an, from Malay kawalan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaˈwalan/
• Rhymes: -an, -n
• Hyphenation: ka‧wal‧an

Noun

kawalan (plural kawalan-kawalan, first-person possessive kawalanku, second-person possessive kawalanmu, third-person possessive kawalannya)

1. protected objects
2. guard, protection

Further reading

• “kawalan” 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.

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• caual-an — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography
• kawal-an — dialectal, Marinduque, Quezon
• kawalaan — obsolete

Etymology

Syncopic form of kawalaan, from wala +‎ ka- -an.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /kawaˈlan/ [kɐ.wɐˈlan]
• Rhymes: -an
• Syllabification: ka‧wa‧lan

Noun

kawalán (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜏᜎᜈ᜔)

1. loss; deprivation; depletion

   Synonyms: kasalatan, kakapusan, kakulangan

2. lack; deficiency; insufficiency

   Synonyms: kasalatan, kakapusan, kakulangan

3. void; emptiness; nothingness

   Synonyms: kasalatan, kakapusan, kakulangan

4. poverty; indigence

   Synonyms: karalitaan, pagdaralita, karukhaan, kahirapan, paghihirap

Derived terms

• kawalang-

Related terms

• iwala
• mawala
• mawalan
• walain

 

See also

• kailangan

 

Further reading

• “kawalan”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

Yami

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *kawayan. Compare Bikol Central kawayan, Cebuano kawayan, Tausug kayawan and Tagalog kawayan.

Noun

kawalan

1. bamboo