bawang

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bawaŋ (“garlic, onion”).

bawang

1. garlic

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bawaŋ (“garlic, onion”).

bawang

1. garlic

• bauang — obsolete

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bawaŋ (“garlic, onion”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈbawaŋ/ [ˈba.wɐŋ]
• Hyphenation: ba‧wang

báwang (Badlit spelling ᜊᜏᜅ᜔)

1. garlic

   Synonyms: ahos, lasuna

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bawaŋ (“garlic, onion”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈbawaŋ/ [ˈba.waŋ]
• Hyphenation: ba‧wang

báwang (Basahan spelling ᜊᜏᜅ᜔)

1. garlic

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

bawang

1. onion

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

bawang

1. alternative form of baang (“tiver”)

• “bawang”, in Dusun dictionary, 2025–2026

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bawaŋ (“garlic, onion”).

• IPA^(key): /ba.waᵊŋ/
• Hyphenation: ba‧wang

bawang

1. onion

• bauang — obsolete

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bawaŋ (“garlic, onion”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈbawaŋ/
• Hyphenation: ba‧wang

bawang

1. garlic

From Proto-Philippine *bawáŋ (“ravine”). Cognate with Tagalog bawang.

• IPA^(key): /baˈwaŋ/ [bɐˈwaŋ]
• Hyphenation: ba‧wáng

bawáng

1. gorge
2. inlet

• Bauang

From Malay bawang, ultimately from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bawaŋ (“garlic, onion”).

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈbawaŋ/ [ˈba.waŋ]

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• Rhymes: -awaŋ
• Syllabification: ba‧wang

bawang (plural bawang-bawang)

1. a generic name for onion or leek; Allium sp

• “bawang”, 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

bawang

1. romanization of ꦧꦮꦁ

báwang

1. Súlat Wáwâ spelling of bauang

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bawaŋ (“garlic, onion”).

bawang

1. garlic

bawang

1. onion

• Ricky Ganang et al. (2008), “bawang”, in Kemaloh Lundayeh–English Dictionary, Borneo Research Council, →OCLC, page 36

Ultimately from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bawaŋ (“garlic, onion”).

Sense of "gossiping" attested from 2017 to refer to scenarios of old ladies gossiping while peeling onions in preparation for communal cooking (kenduri), by association of verb kupas meaning not only "to peel" but also "to get to the bottom of something".^[1]

• Rhymes: -aŋ

• IPA^(key): /ˈbawaŋ/ [ˈba.waŋ]
• Hyphenation: ba‧wang

• Audio (Malaysia):

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bawang (Jawi spelling باوڠ, plural bawang-bawang or bawang²)

1. a generic name for onion, include garlic, leek etc.
2. (by extension) a plant of the genus Allium.

• > Indonesian: bawang (inherited)
• → Ternate: bawa

bawang

1. (Malaysia, figuratively) to be angry; see membawang
2. (Malaysia, slang) to gossip

   Apa yang diorang bawangkan tu?

   What are they gossiping about?

• Pijnappel, Jan (1875), “باوڠ bawang”, in Maleisch-Hollandsch woordenboek, John Enschede en Zonen, Frederik Muller, page 46
• Wilkinson, Richard James (1901), “باوڠ bawang”, in A Malay-English dictionary, Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, page 88
• Wilkinson, Richard James (1932), “bawang”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume I, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, pages 93-4

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

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bawaŋ.

bawang

1. onion, garlic

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bawaŋ (“garlic, onion”).

bawang

1. garlic

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bawaŋ (“garlic, onion”).

bawang

1. garlic

• bauang — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bawaŋ (“garlic, onion”). Cognate with Ilocano bawang, Central Bikol bawang, and Malay bawang (“onion”).

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈbawaŋ/ [ˈbaː.wɐŋ]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -awaŋ
• Syllabification: ba‧wang

bawang (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜏᜅ᜔)

1. garlic

   Synonym: aho

2. big firecracker shaped like garlic
3. (slang, derogatory) fat person

   Synonym: tabatsoy

From Proto-Philippine *bawáŋ (“ravine”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bawaŋ (“open space, expanse of land or water”). Cognate with Ilocano bawang (“gorge”).

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /baˈwaŋ/ [bɐˈwaŋ]
• Rhymes: -aŋ
• Syllabification: ba‧wang

bawáng (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜏᜅ᜔)

1. thickly forested mountain region with uneven terrain

• “bawang”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
• “bawang”, in Pinoy Dictionary, 2010–2026.
• San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613), Vocabulario de lengua tagala. El romance castellano puesto primero. Primera, y segunda parte.‎^[1] (overall work in Early Modern Spanish and Classical Tagalog), as directed by Gov. Gen. Juan de Silva, Pila, Laguna: La noble Villa de Pila, por Tomás Pinpin y Domingo Loag., page 38: “Ajos) Bavang (pp) legumbre comeſtible”
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*bawaŋ”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

• bangaw, bang-aw