awan

See also: Awan, awaŋ, and ą́wąn

Abenaki

Noun

awan

1. air

References

• Joseph Laurent (1884) New Familiar Abenakis and English Dialogues, Quebec: Leger Brousseau, page 15

Acehnese

Noun

awan

1. cloud

Bakumpai

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hawan.

Noun

awan

1. cloud

Balinese

Romanization

awan

1. Romanization of ᬳᬯᬦ᭄

Bikol Central

Pronunciation

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

Noun

áwan (Basahan spelling ᜀᜏᜈ᜔)

1. lawnmowing
2. grass cutting or trimming

   Synonym: basabas

Derived terms

• awanan
• mag-awan

 

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 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

• 'wan — Abra

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

From Malay awan, from Proto-Malayic *awan, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *awan, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *awan, from Western Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hawan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈawan]
• Hyphenation: awan
• Rhymes: -an

Noun

awan (plural)

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

Synonyms

• mega
• gemawan

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

• berawan [stative / habitual] (beR-)
• mengawan [agent focus] (meN-)
• perawanan [causative passive + repetition / reciprocity] (peR- + -an)

Irregular affixed derivations, other derivations and compound words:

• awan-berawan

• 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

• “awan” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Javanese

Romanization

awan

1. Romanization of ꦲꦮꦤ꧀

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *awan, *a(bw)an, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *awan, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *awan, from Western Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hawan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.wan/
• Rhymes: -awan, -wan, -an

Noun

awan (Jawi spelling اون, plural awan-awan, informal 1st possessive awanku, 2nd possessive awanmu, 3rd possessive awannya)

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

Synonyms

• mega / ميݢ (uncommon)

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:

• merawan

Descendants

• Indonesian: awan

Further reading

• “awan” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

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

• Javanese: ꦲꦮꦤ꧀ (awan)

Etymology 2

Noun

awan

1. Alternative spelling of hawan

Quechua

Verb

awan

1. third-person singular present indicative of away

Rejang

Romanization

awan

1. Romanization of ꥆꥀꥐ

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.

Numeral

awán (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜏᜈ᜔) (neologism)

1. zero

   Synonyms: wala, sero, (neologism) kopong

Related terms

• awanggan

 

Further reading

• “awan”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• del Rosario, Gonsalo (1969) 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

• nawa

Yami

Etymology

Cognates with Ivatan awaan and Ibatan awan.

Noun

awan

1. year