awan

See also: Awan, awaŋ, and ą́wąn

Abenaki

Noun

awan

  1. air

References

Acehnese

Noun

awan

  1. cloud

Bakumpai

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hawan.

Noun

awan

  1. cloud

Balinese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /awan/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hawan.

Noun

awan (Balinese script ᬳᬯᬦ᭄)

  1. cloud

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Old Javanese awan, hawan (“way, road, vehicle”).

Noun

awan (Balinese script ᬳᬯᬦ᭄)

  1. journey, travel
  2. cause

References

  • Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*hawan”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Further reading

  • “awan”, in Balinese–Indonesian Dictionary [Kamus Bahasa Bali–Indonesia] (in Balinese), Denpasar, Indonesia: The Linguistic Center of Bali Province [Balai Bahasa Provinsi Bali].

Brunei Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *awan (compare Malay awan), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hawan.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /awan/
  • Hyphenation: a‧wan

Noun

awan

  1. cloud (visible mass of water droplets suspended in the air)

Central Bikol

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʔawan/ [ˈʔa.wan̪]
  • Hyphenation: a‧wan

Verb

áwan (plural arawan, Basahan spelling ᜀᜏᜈ᜔)

  1. to mow
  2. to cut or trim grass
    Synonym: basabas

Derived terms

Central Melanau

Etymology

From Proto-North Sarawak *awan, from Western Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hawan.

Noun

awan

  1. cloud (visible mass of water droplets suspended in the air)

Ibatan

Etymology

Cognate with Yami awan and Ivatan awaan.

Noun

awan

  1. year

Ilocano

    Alternative forms

    Pronunciation

    • Hyphenation: a‧wán
    • IPA(key): /ʔaˈwan/, [ʔɐˈwan]

    Verb

    awán

    1. to not have
      Awan ti kuartana.
      He has no money.

    Preposition

    awán

    1. without

    Pronoun

    awán

    1. nothing; nobody

    Derived terms

    • agawan
    • awanan
    • maawan
    • maawanan
    • paawanen

    Indonesian

    Etymology

    Inherited from Malay awan, from Proto-Malayic *awan, Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hawan.

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    awan (plural awan-awan)

    1. cloud (a visible mass of water droplets suspended in the air)
    2. (astronomy) cloud (any mass of dust, steam or smoke resembling such a mass)
    3. cloud-like pattern
    4. (figurative, uncommon) a very high place

    Derived terms

    • awan-berawan (“group of clouds”)
    • berawan (“cloudy”)
    • keawanan
    • mengawan
    • perawanan

    Compounds

    • awan air
    • awan air terjun
    • awan arkus
    • awan bakaran
    • awan bakat kuning
    • awan bakat merah
    • awan berarak
    • awan bersilap
    • awan campur
    • awan depresi
    • awan es
    • awan fohn
    • awan gelombang
    • awan gemawan
    • awan golak-galik
    • awan gulung
    • awan guntur
    • awan hitam
    • awan induk
    • awan induk mutiara
    • awan industri
    • awan inversi
    • awan jamur
    • awan jejak
    • awan kelabu
    • awan kemawan
    • awan kerawang
    • awan konveksi
    • awan konvektif
    • awan ledakan
    • awan letikular
    • awan luncur
    • awan malam
    • awan mengandung hujan
    • awan nakreus
    • awan Oort
    • awan orograf
    • awan orografik
    • awan panas
    • awan panji
    • awan pelangi
    • awan pengarak hujan
    • awan perak
    • awan pita
    • awan puncak
    • awan rak
    • awan rendah
    • awan rotor
    • awan tengah
    • awan tetes air
    • awan tinggi
    • awan topan
    • awan tudung
    • awan vulkanis

    Further reading

    Javanese

    Romanization

    awan

    1. romanization of ꦲꦮꦤ꧀

    Lun Bawang

    Noun

    awan

    1. spouse

    References

    • Ricky Ganang et al. (2008), “awan”, in Kemaloh Lundayeh–English Dictionary, Borneo Research Council, →OCLC, page 26

    Malay

    Etymology

    Inherited from Proto-Malayic *awan, Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hawan.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈawan/ [ˈa.wan]
    • Rhymes: -awan
    • Hyphenation: a‧wan

    Noun

    awan (Jawi spelling اون, plural awan-awan or awan2)

    1. cloud (visible mass of water droplets suspended in the air)
      Synonym: mega
      • 2005 [1997 July], A. Samad Said, A. Samad Said: Sebuah antologi puisi yang menghimpunkan karya-karya selama setengah abad [A. Samad Said: An anthology of poems assembled from works spanning half a century], Utusan Publications, Memanggil Tun Teja (Poem No. 157), page 303:
        Dia mengingini sungai yang sejuk, jernih,
        merindui awan tenang yang paling putih
        He yearns for a river that is cold and clear,
        misses a calm cloud that is the most white.

    Derived terms

    Affixed terms and other derivations

    Regular affixed derivations:

    • berawan [stative / habitual] (beR-)
    • mengawan [agent focus] (meN-)

    Irregular affixed derivations, other derivations and compound words:

    Descendants

    • > Indonesian: awan (inherited)

    Further reading

    Old Javanese

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /awan/

    Etymology 1

    Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hawan (“atmosphere”).

    Noun

    awan

    1. midday, noon
    Derived terms
    • kāwanan
    • māwan
    • āwan
    Descendants

    Etymology 2

    Noun

    awan

    1. alternative spelling of hawan

    Quechua

    Verb

    awan

    1. third-person singular present indicative of away

    Rejang

    Etymology

    From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hawan (“atmosphere”).

    Noun

    awan (Rejang script ꥆꥀꥐ)

    1. cloud

    Southwestern Dinka

    Noun

    awan

    1. jackal, fox

    References

    • Dinka-English Dictionary‎[1], 2005

    Tagalog

    Pronunciation

    • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ʔaˈwan/ [ʔɐˈwan̪]
    • Rhymes: -an
    • Syllabification: a‧wan

    Etymology 1

      Interjection

      awán (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜏᜈ᜔) (dialectal, Southern Tagalog)

      1. alternative form of aywan: I don't know!; I forgot!

      Etymology 2

        Learned borrowing from Ilocano awan.

        Coined by Lupon sa Agham (Committee on Science) in the Maugnaying Talasalitaang Pang-agham : Ingles-Pilipino (Correlative Word List for Sciences : English-Filipino), published in 1969 and edited by Gonsalo del Rosario.

        Numeral

        awán (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜏᜈ᜔) (neologism)

        1. zero
          Synonyms: wala, sero, (neologism) kopong
        Derived terms

        Further reading

        • “awan”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
        • Lupon sa Agham (1969), Gonsalo del Rosario, editor, Maugnaying Talasalitaang Pang-agham : Ingles-Pilipino [Correlative Word List for Sciences : English-Filipino] (overall work in English and Tagalog), Manila: National Book Store, Inc., →LCCN, →OL

        Anagrams

        Yami

        Etymology

        Cognates with Ivatan awaan and Ibatan awan.

        Noun

        awan

        1. year
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