rawa

See also: Rawa, rawá, and Rawą

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay rawa, from Western Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *rawaq (“swamp; morass”). Cognate with Javanese ꦫꦮ (rawa) and Tagalog lawa (“lake”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈra.wa/, [ˈra.wa]
• Hyphenation: ra‧wa

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Noun

rawa (plural rawa-rawa)

1. marsh, swamp

Further reading

• rawa on the Indonesian Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^id
• “rawa”, 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

Javanese

Etymology

From Old Javanese rawa.

Noun

rawa

1. swamp

Kavalan

Noun

rawa

1. cloth

Makasar

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈrawa]

Adverb

rawa (Lontara spelling ᨑᨓ or 𑻭𑻯)

1. below

   Antonym: rate

Malay

Etymology

From Western Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *rawaq (“swamp; morass”). Cognate with Javanese ꦫꦮ (rawa) and Tagalog lawa (“lake”).

Pronunciation

• (Johor) IPA^(key): /ˈrawə/ [ˈra.wə]

• (Penang, Bahasa Baku) IPA^(key): /ˈrawa/ [ˈra.wa]
• Hyphenation: ra‧wa

Noun

rawa (Jawi spelling راوا, plural rawa-rawa or rawa²)

1. swamp; marsh; fen

Further reading

• "rawa" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017
  (also see "rawa" at PRPM first version)

Māori

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *lawa₁ (compare with Hawaiian lawa (“abundance, plenty”)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrawa/ [ˈɾɐwɐ]

Adjective

rawa

1. many, numerous

Adverb

rawa

1. very, really, too

Noun

rawa

1. goods, property
2. wealth

Further reading

• John C. Moorfield (2011), “rawa”, in Te Aka: Māori–English, English–Māori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, →ISBN

Old Javanese

Noun

rawa

1. swamp

West Makian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈra.wa/

Noun

rawa

1. a wave

References

• Clemens Voorhoeve (1982), The Makian languages and their neighbours‎^[2], Pacific linguistics