awan

See also: Awan, awaŋ, and ą́wąn

Abenaki

Noun

awan

1. air

References

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

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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)

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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)

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Ilocano

Noun

awan

1. nothing

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Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay awan, from Proto-Malayic *awan, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *awan, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *awan, from , from Western Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hawan.

Noun

awan (first-person possessive awanku, second-person possessive awanmu, third-person possessive awannya)

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

Synonyms

• mega

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

• berawan [stative / habitual] (beR-)
• mengawan [agent focus] (meN-)
• perawanan [causative passive + repetition / reciprocity] (peR- + -an)

Irregular affixed derivations, other derivations and compound words:

• awan-berawan

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Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *awan, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *awan, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *awan, from , from Western Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hawan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.wan/
• Rhymes: -awan, -wan, -an

Noun

awan (Jawi spelling اون, plural awan-awan, informal 1st possessive awanku, 2nd possessive awanmu, 3rd possessive awannya)

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

Synonyms

• mega / ميݢ (uncommon)

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

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Quechua

Verb

awan

1. third-person singular present indicative of away

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Rejang

Romanization

awan

1. Romanization of ꥆꥀꥐ

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Yami

Noun

awan

1. year