bwat
Haitian Creole
Alternative forms
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bwat/
Noun
bwat
References
- Targète, Jean; Urciolo, Raphael (1993), Haitian Creole-English Dictionary[1], Dunwoody Press, →ISBN, page 34
Mauritian Creole
Etymology
Noun
bwat
References
- Baker, Philip; Hookoomsing, Vinesh Y. (1987), Diksiyoner kreol morisyeṅ [Mauritian Creole Dictionary] (in French and English), Paris: L'Harmattan, →ISBN
Old Javanese
Etymology 1
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bəʀəqat. Doublet of bot and wrat.
Noun
bwat
Derived terms
- abwat
- akabwatan
- ambwati
- binwatan
- bwat sāra
- kabwatan
Descendants
- Javanese: ꦧꦺꦴꦠ꧀ (bot)
Etymology 2
Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buhat. Doublet of bot and wwat.
Noun
bwat
- way of being made
- what is made
- what is done
Adverb
bwat
Derived terms
- kabwatakĕn
- kabwatnya
- kabwatnyanika
- yan bwat
- binot rawi
- binwat rawi
- bot rawi
- bwat haji
- bwat hajyan
- bwat halu
- bwat hino
- bwat hyaṅ
- bwat rantĕn
- bwat rawi
- kabwat karmakĕnanta
- kabwat karmanta
Etymology 3
Unknown. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Particle
bwat
- emphatic particle: come! well then!
References
- "bwat" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.
Seychellois Creole
Etymology
Noun
bwat
References
- D'Offay, Danielle; Lionnet, Guy (1982), Diksyonner kreol-franse [Creole-French Dictionary] (in French), Hamburg: Buske, →ISBN