hawan

Cebuano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ha‧wan

Adjective

hawan

1. clear; bare or free of obstacles; empty

Verb

hawan

1. to clear away of something; to dispose of; to remove
2. to empty the contents of

Old Javanese

Etymology

Probably hawa (“to drag, to draw”) +‎ -an.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hawan/

Noun

hawan

1. way, road

   Synonyms: dalan, hĕnū, ĕnu, mārga, patha

2. vehicle

   Synonyms: mārga, wāha, ratha, wāhana, wahat, yāna

Alternative forms

• awan

Derived terms

• ahawan
• kahawan
• mahawan
• makahawan
• māwan
• āwan

Related terms

• baṅawan

Descendants

• → Balinese: ᬳᬯᬦ᭄ (awan, “journey, travel; cause”)

Further reading

• "hawan" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.