sawah

English

Etymology

From Malay sawah.

Noun

sawah (plural sawahs)

1. A rice paddy.

Derived terms

• sawahisation

Anagrams

• awash

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay sawah, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sabaq (“irrigated ricefield”). Cognate of Javanese sawah, Madurese sabâ, and Sundanese sawah.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsawah]
• Hyphenation: sa‧wah

Noun

sawah (plural sawah-sawah)

1. rice field, paddy field, rice paddy

   Synonym: huma

Derived terms

• bersawah
• menyawah
• penyawah
• persawahan
• pesawah

• sawah air
• sawah bencah
• sawah bera
• sawah berbandar hidup
• sawah berbandar langit
• sawah irigasi
• sawah jajaran
• sawah kajaroan
• sawah kelatakan
• sawah keletik
• sawah kelungguhan
• sawah kesugihan
• sawah kitri
• sawah langit
• sawah lojok
• sawah oncoran
• sawah padi
• sawah pasang surut
• sawah pengairan
• sawah rangsum
• sawah sengkedan
• sawah surjan
• sawah tadah hujan
• sawah tadahan
• sawah tawang

References

• “sawah”, 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

Romanization

sawah

1. romanization of ꦱꦮꦃ

Malay

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sabaq (“irrigated ricefield”). Cognate to Sundanese sawah, Indonesian sawah

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sawah/
• Rhymes: -awah, -wah, -ah

Noun

sawah (Jawi spelling ساوه, plural sawah-sawah or sawah²)

1. paddy (wet land where rice grows)

Derived terms

• sawah padi

Descendants

• > Indonesian: sawah (inherited)

See also

• nasi (“cooked rice”)
• beras (“uncooked rice”)
• padi (“unmilled rice”)

Further reading

• "sawah" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017

Old Javanese

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sabaq.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sa.wah/
• Rhymes: -wah
• Hyphenation: sa‧wah

Noun

sawah

1. field

Derived terms

• asawa-sawah
• asawah
• masawah
• pasawahan

Descendants

• > Javanese: ꦱꦮꦃ (sawah) (inherited)

Further reading

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

Sundanese

Sundanese register set
lemes	sérang
lemes ka sorangan	{{{les}}}
lemes ka batur	{{{leb}}}
loma	sawah
cohag	{{{co}}}

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sabaq (“irrigated ricefield”). Akin to Javanese sawah.

Noun

sawah (Sundanese script ᮞᮝᮂ)

1. (agriculture) irrigated paddy field

Derived terms

• nyawah
• oray sawah
• panyawah
• pasawahan
• sasawah

Further reading

• Coolsma, S (1913), Soendaneesch-Hollandsch Woordenboek (in Dutch), Leiden: A.W. Sijthoff's Uitgeversmaatschappij