hawu

Indonesian

Etymology

From Sundanese hawu (“stove”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qabu, from Proto-Austronesian *qabu. Doublet of abu.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈhawu/ [ˈha.wu]
• Rhymes: -awu
• Syllabification: ha‧wu

Noun

hawu (plural hawu-hawu)

1. (dialectal) hearth; furnace; fireplace

   Synonym: tungku

Further reading

• “hawu”, 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

Old Javanese

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qabu.

Noun

hawu

1. ash
2. powder

Alternative forms

• awu

Derived terms

• ahawu-hawu
• awu-hawunĕn
• aṅhawu
• hawu-hawu
• hinawu-hawu
• mahawu
• pahawu-hawu
• pahawwan-hawwan
• pawu-awu
• pawwan-awwan

Descendants

• Javanese: ꦲꦮꦸ (awu)

Further reading

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

Polish

Pronunciation

• (Lesser Poland):
  • (Western Lublin) IPA^(key): [ˈxa.vu]

Adverb

hawu (not comparable)

1. (Western Lublin, Janów Lubelski County) alternative form of haw (“here”)

Further reading

• Hieronim Łopaciński (1892), “hawu”, in “Przyczynki do nowego słownika języka polskiego (słownik wyrazów ludowych z Lubelskiego i innych okolic Królestwa Polskiego)”, in Prace Filologiczne (in Polish), volume 4, Warsaw: skł. gł. w Księgarni E. Wende i Ska, page 200

Sundanese

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qabu, from Proto-Austronesian *qabu.

Noun

hawu (Sundanese script ᮠᮝᮥ)

1. stove

Descendants

• → Indonesian: hawu (“hearth”)

Zulu

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /hǎːwu/

Interjection

hawu

1. oh my!, eish!, wow!, good heavens!

References

• C. M. Doke; B. W. Vilakazi (1972), “hawu”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “hawu (6-3.9)”