lawak-lawak

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /lawaʔˈlawaʔ/ [la.waʔˈla.waʔ]
• Rhymes: -awaʔ
• Syllabification: la‧wak-la‧wak

Etymology 1

Reduplication of lawak (“funny”).

Adjective

lawak-lawak

1. to be funny with each other

Etymology 2

Uncertain, probably a reduplication of lawak (“a type of boat from West Java”).

Noun

lawak-lawak

1. trough

   Synonym: palungan

   1. a long, narrow container, open on top, for feeding or watering animals
   2. any similarly shaped container as explained above

Further reading

• “lawak-lawak”, 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