hawu

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Indonesian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Sundanese ᮠᮝᮥ (hawu, stove), from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *(h)abu(s), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(q)abu(s), from Proto-Austronesian *qabu. Doublet of abu.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈhawu/
  • Hyphenation: ha‧wu

Noun[edit]

hawu (first-person possessive hawuku, second-person possessive hawumu, third-person possessive hawunya)

  1. (dialect) hearth.
    Synonym: tungku

Further reading[edit]

Old Javanese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qabu.

Noun[edit]

hawu

  1. ash
  2. powder

Alternative forms[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Javanese: ꦲꦮꦸ (awu)

Further reading[edit]

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

Sundanese[edit]

Romanization[edit]

hawu

  1. Romanization of ᮠᮝᮥ

Zulu[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA(key): /hǎːwu/

Interjection[edit]

hawu

  1. oh my!, eish!, wow!, good heavens!

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