mawas

Indonesian

Adjective

mawas

1. attentive

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Malay

Etymology 1

Noun

mawas (plural mawas-mawas, informal 1st possessive mawasku, 2nd possessive mawasmu, 3rd possessive mawasnya)

1. animals in the family Pongidae: chimpanzee, orangutan

Etymology 2

Verb

mawas

1. (Java) to observe

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

• memawas (“to introspect”) [agent focus] (meN-)

Etymology 3

Noun

mawas (plural mawas-mawas, informal 1st possessive mawasku, 2nd possessive mawasmu, 3rd possessive mawasnya)

1. Baccaurea brevipes (a type of tree and its fruit)