awai

See also: Awai

Acehnese

Acehnese Spelling
EBAYD	awai
Husaini
Jawoe	اول

Alternative forms

• awal (archaic)

Etymology

From Arabic أَوَّل (ʔawwal).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /awai̯/
• Hyphenation: a‧wai

Adverb

awai (Jawoe spelling اول)

1. first

   Synonym: phôn

   Soe nyang awai trôh meuteumèe pèng ― Whoever arrives first will get money.

Noun

awai (Jawoe spelling اول)

1. beginning, origin, the start of something

   Synonym: phôn

   awai malam ― the beginning of night

Further reading

• “awai”, in Kamus Aceh Indonesia [Acehnese-Indonesian Dictionary] (Seri K; 85), Seri 1. A-L [Volume 1. A-L] (eBook; overall work in Indonesian), Jakarta: Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa, Departemen Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan, 1985, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 40
• “اول”, in Woordenboek der Atjehsche Taal [Dictionary of the Acehnese Language]‎^[1] (overall work in Dutch), Den Haag: 's Gravenhage : Martinus Nijhoff, 1889, page 18

Japanese

Romanization

awai

1. Rōmaji transcription of あわい