dawat

Cebuano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: da‧wat

Verb

dawat

1. to receive
2. to accept
3. to gather tuba

Noun

dawat

1. any of several crab species:
   1. the flower crab (Portunus pelagicus)
   2. the mangrove swimming crab (Thalamita crenata)
   3. Thalamita danae

Hiligaynon

Verb

dáwat

1. to accept, to receive

Verb

dawát

1. to regain one's appetite

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay dakwat, dawat, form Classical Malay دعوت (dakwat), دعوت (dawat), from Arabic دَوَاة (dawāh, “inkstand, inkwell”). Influenced by Dutch inkt.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdawat̚/
• Rhymes: -wat, -at, -t
• Hyphenation: da‧wat

Noun

dawat (first-person possessive dawatku, second-person possessive dawatmu, third-person possessive dawatnya)

1. (archaic) ink

Synonyms

• tinta
• dakwat (nonstandard Indonesian)
• dakwat (Standard Malay)

Further reading

• “dawat” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈdawat]

Verb

dawat

1. supine of dawaś

Maranao

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay dawat, from Arabic دَوَاة (dawāh, “inkstand, inkwell”).

Noun

dawat

1. ink

Derived terms

• padawatan

References

• A Maranao Dictionary, by Howard P. McKaughan and Batua A. Macaraya

Minangkabau

Noun

dawat

1. ink

Sambali

Noun

dawat

1. request