gawir

Indonesian

Etymology

From Sundanese gawir (“cliff, precipice”)

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈɡawir/ [ˈɡa.wɪr]
• Rhymes: -awir
• Syllabification: ga‧wir

Noun

gawir (plural gawir-gawir)

1. a very steep cliff or caused by faulting; scarp

   gawir sesar ― fault scarp

Further reading

• “gawir” 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.

Sundanese

Noun

gawir (Hanacaraka spelling ᮌᮝᮤᮁ)

1. a steep slope, at the bottom of which there is an abyss; precipice or cliff

Further reading

• "GAWIR", in Coolsma, S (1913) Soendaneesch-Hollandsch Woordenboek (in Dutch), Leiden: A.W. Sijthoff's Uitgeversmaatschappij