ꦒꦮꦺ

Javanese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Javanese gawe, gaway, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *gaway (“occupation”).

Verb

ꦒꦮꦺ (gawé)

1. to work, to do
2. to cause, to make
3. to trouble, to disturb, to stir up, to agitate

Derived terms

• ꦒꦮꦺꦲꦤ꧀ (gawéhan)
• ꦔ꧀ꦒꦮꦺ (nggawé)
• ꦢꦶꦒꦮꦺꦒꦮꦺ (digawé-gawé)
• ꦢꦶꦥꦁꦒꦮꦺ (dipanggawé)
• ꦢꦶꦩꦒꦮꦺꦏꦏꦺ (dimagawèkaké)
• ꦢꦶꦩꦼꦒꦮꦺꦏꦏꦺ (dimegawèkaké)
• ꦥꦁꦒꦮꦺ (panggawé)
• ꦥꦁꦒꦮꦺꦲꦤ꧀ (panggawéhan)
• ꦥꦒꦮꦺꦲꦤ꧀ (pagawéhan)
• ꦩꦒꦮꦺ (magawé)
• ꦩꦼꦂꦒꦮꦺ (mergawé)
• ꦩꦼꦒꦮꦺ (megawé)

• ꦒꦮꦺꦒꦮꦺ (gawé-gawé)
• ꦢꦢꦶꦒꦮꦺ (dadi gawé)
• ꦢꦸꦮꦺꦒꦮꦺ (duwé gawé)
• ꦲꦢꦺꦴꦭ꧀ꦒꦮꦺ (adol gawé)
• ꦲꦺꦴꦭꦺꦃꦒꦮꦺ (olèh gawé)

Descendants

• → Indonesian: gawai
• → Malay: gawai

Further reading

• The Linguistic Center of Yogyakarta (2011) “gawé”, in Kamus Basa Jawa (Bausastra Jawa) [Javanese Language Dictionary (Javanese Dictionary)] (in Javanese), 2nd edition, Yogyakarta: Kanisius, →ISBN