bawah

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay bawah, from Proto-Malayic *babah, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *babaq.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈbawah/ [ˈba.wah]
• Rhymes: -awah
• Syllabification: ba‧wah

Preposition

bawah

1. under, below

   Antonym: atas

Noun

bawah (first-person possessive bawahku, second-person possessive bawahmu, third-person possessive bawahnya)

1. (in compounds) sub-

Further reading

• “bawah” 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.

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *bawah, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *babaq.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bawah/
• Rhymes: -awah, -wah, -ah

Preposition

bawah (Jawi spelling باوه)

1. under, below

Derived terms

• dari bawah
• di bawah
• ke bawah

Further reading

• “bawah” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.