bwat

Haitian Creole

Alternative forms

• bwèt, brèt

Etymology

From French boîte (“box”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bwat/

Noun

bwat

1. box

References

• Targète, Jean; Urciolo, Raphael (1993), Haitian Creole-English Dictionary‎^[1], Dunwoody Press, →ISBN, page 34

Mauritian Creole

Etymology

From French boîte.

Noun

bwat

1. box
2. can, tin

References

• Baker, Philip; Hookoomsing, Vinesh Y. (1987), Diksiyoner kreol morisyeṅ [Mauritian Creole Dictionary] (in French and English), Paris: L'Harmattan, →ISBN

Old Javanese

Etymology 1

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bəʀəqat. Doublet of bot and wrat.

Noun

bwat

1. weight, heaviness
2. burden
3. severity
4. force
5. intensity
6. violence

Derived terms

• abwat
• akabwatan
• ambwati
• binwatan
• bwat sāra
• kabwatan

Descendants

• Javanese: ꦧꦺꦴꦠ꧀ (bot)

Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buhat. Doublet of bot and wwat.

Noun

bwat

1. way of being made
2. what is made
   1. product,
   2. building
   3. construction
3. what is done
   1. ceremonies
   2. festivities,
   3. performances

Adverb

bwat

1. naturally
2. expectedly

Derived terms

• kabwatakĕn
• kabwatnya
• kabwatnyanika
• yan bwat

• binot rawi
• binwat rawi
• bot rawi
• bwat haji
• bwat hajyan
• bwat halu
• bwat hino
• bwat hyaṅ
• bwat rantĕn
• bwat rawi
• kabwat karmakĕnanta
• kabwat karmanta

Etymology 3

Unknown. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Particle

bwat

1. emphatic particle: come! well then!

References

• "bwat" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

Seychellois Creole

Etymology

From French boîte.

Noun

bwat

1. box
2. can, tin

References

• D'Offay, Danielle; Lionnet, Guy (1982), Diksyonner kreol-franse [Creole-French Dictionary] (in French), Hamburg: Buske, →ISBN