ꦲꦮ

Javanese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /(h)ɔ.wɔ/
• Rhymes: -wɔ
• Hyphenation: (h)a‧wa

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Malay hawa (“atmosphere, air; climate”), from Arabic هَوَاء (hawāʔ, “air, atmosphere”).

Adjective

ꦲꦮ (awa)

1. (archaic) clear, transparent
2. (archaic) bright

Noun

ꦲꦮ (awa)

1. air
2. weather

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb

ꦲꦮ (awa)

1. to name something, to give a name to.

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Malay hawa, from Arabic هَوَى (hawā, “love, desire, passion”).

Noun

ꦲꦮ (awa, hawa)

1. desire

Etymology 4

Noun

ꦲꦮ (awa)

1. Alternative spelling of ꦲꦮꦏ꧀ (awak)

Further reading

• The Linguistic Center of Yogyakarta (2015) “awa”, in Kamus Basa Jawa (Bausastra Jawa) [Javanese Language Dictionary (Javanese Dictionary)] (in Javanese), Yogyakarta: Kanisius, →ISBN

• The Linguistic Center of Yogyakarta (2015) “hawa”, in Kamus Basa Jawa (Bausastra Jawa) [Javanese Language Dictionary (Javanese Dictionary)] (in Javanese), Yogyakarta: Kanisius, →ISBN

Madurese

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay hawa (“desire”), from Arabic هَوًى (hawan).

Noun

ꦲꦮ (hḁwḁ)

1. desire, passion, impulse

References

• Kiliaan, H. N. (1904) Madoereesch-Nederlandsch Woordenboek [Madurese-Dutch Dictionary], Leiden