awan

See also: Awan, awaŋ, and ą́wąn

Languages (20)

Abenaki • Acehnese • Bakumpai • Balinese • Betawi • Brunei Malay • Central Bikol • Central Melanau • Ibatan • Ilocano • Indonesian • Javanese • Lun Bawang • Malay • Old Javanese • Quechua • Rejang • Southwestern Dinka • Tagalog • Yami

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Abenaki

Noun

awan

1. air

References

• Joseph Laurent (1884), New Familiar Abenakis and English Dialogues, Quebec: Leger Brousseau, page 15

Acehnese

Acehnese Spelling
EBAYD	awan
Husaini
Jawoe	اون

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hawan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈwan/
• Hyphenation: a‧wan

Noun

awan (Jawoe spelling اون)

1. cloud

   Awan ka meuitam i langèt. ― The cloud darkens in the sky.

References

• “awan”, 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 41
• “اون”, in Woordenboek der Atjehsche Taal [Dictionary of the Acehnese Language]‎^[1] (overall work in Dutch), Den Haag: 's Gravenhage : Martinus Nijhoff, 1889, page 20

Bakumpai

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hawan.

Noun

awan

1. cloud

Balinese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /awan/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hawan.

Noun

awan (Balinese script ᬳᬯᬦ᭄)

1. cloud

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Old Javanese awan, hawan (“way, road, vehicle”).

Noun

awan (Balinese script ᬳᬯᬦ᭄)

1. journey, travel
2. cause

References

• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*hawan”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Further reading

• “awan”, in Balinese–Indonesian Dictionary [Kamus Bahasa Bali–Indonesia] (in Balinese), Denpasar, Indonesia: The Linguistic Center of Bali Province [Balai Bahasa Provinsi Bali].

Betawi

Etymology

Inherited from Malay awan, from Proto-Malayic *awan, Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hawan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /awan/
• Rhymes: -an

Noun

awan

1. cloud (a visible mass of water droplets suspended in the air)

   Synonyms: ampak-ampak, ampok-ampok, asep, hasep, gelagah, méga, teduh

Brunei Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *awan (compare Malay awan), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hawan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /awan/
• Hyphenation: a‧wan

Noun

awan

1. cloud (visible mass of water droplets suspended in the air)

Central Bikol

Alternative forms

• hawan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʔawan/ [ˈʔa.wan̪]
• Hyphenation: a‧wan

Verb

áwan (plural arawan, Basahan spelling ᜀᜏᜈ᜔)

1. to mow
2. to cut or trim grass

   Synonym: basabas

Derived terms

• awanan
• mag-awan
• pag-awan
• pang-awan

Central Melanau

Etymology

From Proto-North Sarawak *awan, from Western Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hawan.

Noun

awan

1. cloud (visible mass of water droplets suspended in the air)

Ibatan

Etymology

Cognate with Yami awan and Ivatan awaan.

Noun

awan

1. year

Ilocano

Alternative forms

• 'wan — Abra

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: a‧wán
• IPA^(key): /ʔaˈwan/, [ʔɐˈwan]

Verb

awán

1. to not have

   Awan ti kuartana.

   He has no money.

Preposition

awán

1. without

Pronoun

awán

1. nothing; nobody

Derived terms

• agawan
• awanan
• maawan
• maawanan
• paawanen

Indonesian

Etymology

Inherited from Malay awan, from Proto-Malayic *awan, Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hawan.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈawan/ [ˈa.wan]
• Rhymes: -awan
• Syllabification: a‧wan

Noun

awan (plural awan-awan)

1. cloud (a visible mass of water droplets suspended in the air)
2. (astronomy) cloud (any mass of dust, steam or smoke resembling such a mass)
3. cloud-like pattern
4. (figurative, uncommon) a very high place

Derived terms

• awan-berawan (“group of clouds”)
• berawan (“cloudy”)
• keawanan
• mengawan
• perawanan

Compounds

• awan air
• awan air terjun
• awan arkus
• awan bakaran
• awan bakat kuning
• awan bakat merah
• awan berarak
• awan bersilap
• awan campur
• awan depresi
• awan es
• awan fohn
• awan gelombang
• awan gemawan
• awan golak-galik
• awan gulung
• awan guntur
• awan hitam
• awan induk
• awan induk mutiara
• awan industri
• awan inversi
• awan jamur
• awan jejak
• awan kelabu
• awan kemawan
• awan kerawang
• awan konveksi
• awan konvektif
• awan ledakan
• awan letikular
• awan luncur
• awan malam
• awan mengandung hujan
• awan nakreus
• awan Oort
• awan orograf
• awan orografik
• awan panas
• awan panji
• awan pelangi
• awan pengarak hujan
• awan perak
• awan pita
• awan puncak
• awan rak
• awan rendah
• awan rotor
• awan tengah
• awan tetes air
• awan tinggi
• awan topan
• awan tudung
• awan vulkanis

Further reading

• awan on the Indonesian Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^id
• “awan”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Javanese

Romanization

awan

1. romanization of ꦲꦮꦤ꧀

Lun Bawang

Noun

awan

1. spouse

References

• Ricky Ganang et al. (2008), “awan”, in Kemaloh Lundayeh–English Dictionary, Borneo Research Council, →OCLC, page 26

Malay

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayic *awan, Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hawan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈawan/ [ˈa.wan]
• Rhymes: -awan
• Hyphenation: a‧wan

Noun

awan (Jawi spelling اون, plural awan-awan or awan²)

1. cloud (visible mass of water droplets suspended in the air)

   Synonym: mega

   • 2005 [1997 July], A. Samad Said, A. Samad Said: Sebuah antologi puisi yang menghimpunkan karya-karya selama setengah abad [A. Samad Said: An anthology of poems assembled from works spanning half a century], Utusan Publications, Memanggil Tun Teja (Poem No. 157), page 303:

     Dia mengingini sungai yang sejuk, jernih,
     merindui awan tenang yang paling putih

     He yearns for a river that is cold and clear,
     misses a calm cloud that is the most white.

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

• berawan [stative / habitual] (beR-)
• mengawan [agent focus] (meN-)

Irregular affixed derivations, other derivations and compound words:

• merawan

Descendants

• > Indonesian: awan (inherited)

Further reading

• "awan" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017

Old Javanese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /awan/

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hawan (“atmosphere”).

Noun

awan

1. midday, noon

Derived terms

• kāwanan
• māwan
• āwan

Descendants

• Javanese: ꦲꦮꦤ꧀ (awan)

Etymology 2

Noun

awan

1. alternative spelling of hawan

Quechua

Verb

awan

1. third-person singular present indicative of away

Rejang

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hawan (“atmosphere”).

Noun

awan (Rejang script ꥆꥀꥐ)

1. cloud

Southwestern Dinka

Noun

awan

1. jackal, fox

References

• Dinka-English Dictionary‎^[2], 2005

Tagalog

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔaˈwan/ [ʔɐˈwan̪]
• Rhymes: -an
• Syllabification: a‧wan

Etymology 1

Interjection

awán (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜏᜈ᜔) (dialectal, Southern Tagalog)

1. alternative form of aywan: I don't know!; I forgot!

Etymology 2

Learned borrowing from Ilocano awan.

Coined by Lupon sa Agham (Committee on Science) in the Maugnaying Talasalitaang Pang-agham : Ingles-Pilipino (Correlative Word List for Sciences : English-Filipino), published in 1969 and edited by Gonsalo del Rosario.

Numeral

awán (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜏᜈ᜔) (neologism)

1. zero

   Synonyms: wala, sero, (neologism) kopong

Derived terms

• awansik
• awanggan

Further reading

• “awan”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
• Lupon sa Agham (1969), Gonsalo del Rosario, editor, Maugnaying Talasalitaang Pang-agham : Ingles-Pilipino [Correlative Word List for Sciences : English-Filipino] (overall work in English and Tagalog), Manila: National Book Store, Inc., →LCCN, →OL

Anagrams

• nawa

Yami

Etymology

Cognates with Ivatan awaan and Ibatan awan.

Noun

awan

1. year