kawat

• IPA^(key): /ˈkawat/ [ˈka.wɐt̪]
• Hyphenation: ka‧wat

kawat (Badlit spelling ᜃᜏᜆ᜔)

1. theft

kawat (Badlit spelling ᜃᜏᜆ᜔)

1. to steal; to commit theft

Ultimately from Malay kawat.

kawat (Badlit spelling ᜃᜏᜆ᜔)

1. wire, usually one used to conduct electricity

• IPA^(key): /ˈkawat/ [ˈka.wat]
• Hyphenation: ka‧wat

káwat (Basahan spelling ᜃᜏᜆ᜔)

1. a play; a game

kawat

1. anchor

Inherited from Malay kawat, from Javanese kawat (“wire, cable; telegram”), from Old Javanese kawat (“wire”).

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈkawat/ [ˈka.wat̪̚]
• Rhymes: -awat
• Syllabification: ka‧wat

kawat (plural kawat-kawat)

1. wire
2. (uncommon) cable

   Synonym: kabel

3. ellipsis of kabar kawat (“telegram (a written or printed telegraph message)”)

• “kawat”, 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

From Old Javanese kawat.

kawat

1. wire

• IPA^(key): /ˈkawat/ [ˈka.wat̪̚]
• Hyphenation: ka‧wat
• Rhymes: -wat, -at

From Javanese kawat.

kawat (Jawi spelling کاوت, plural kawat-kawat or kawat²)

1. wire

   kawat berduri: barbed wire

   Synonyms: dawai, wayar

   1. telecommunication wire or cable

      Synonym: wayar

2. (archaic) telegram, newswire

   Synonym: telegram

Borrowed from Arabic قَوَاعِد (qawāʕid, “rule, pattern”). Doublet of kawad and kaedah.

kawat (Jawi spelling کاوت, plural kawat-kawat or kawat²)

1. (Malaysia) row, file, line (of soldiers, troops)

   Synonyms: baris, barisan, kawad, nirai

berkawat

1. (Malaysia) to march in a single file or line

   Synonyms: berbaris, berkawad

• Pijnappel, Jan (1875), “کاوت kawat”, in Maleisch-Hollandsch woordenboek, John Enschede en Zonen, Frederik Muller, page 76
• Wilkinson, Richard James (1901), “کاوت kawat”, in A Malay-English dictionary, Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, page 96
• Wilkinson, Richard James (1932), “kawat”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume I, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, page 518

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

kawat

1. wire

• IPA^(key): /ˈkawat/, [ˈka.wat̪̚]
• Rhymes: -wat
• Hyphenation: ka‧wat

Unknown, probably Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kalat (“thick, heavy rope”). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

kawat

1. wire

• > Javanese: kawat (inherited)

Affixation of awat; hawat +‎ ka-.

kawat

1. subject, ruled
2. the (subject) territory

• kahawat

Ultimately from Malay kawat.

• (Sinūgan Parianun) IPA^(key): /kawat/ [k̠ɑˈwɑt̪̚]
• Rhymes: -at
• Syllabification: ka‧wat

kawat (Sulat Sūg spelling كَوَتْ)

1. wire