kawakan
Indonesian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Affixed kawak + -an, borrowed from Javanese ꦏꦮꦏꦤ꧀ (kawakan, “past its prime; experienced, veteran”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /kaˈwakan/ [kaˈwa.kan]
- Rhymes: -akan
- Syllabification: ka‧wa‧kan
Noun
[edit]kawakan (plural kawakan-kawakan)
- old; senior
- experienced person, established person.
Further reading
[edit]- “kawakan” 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
[edit]Romanization
[edit]kawakan
- Romanization of ꦏꦮꦏꦤ꧀
Categories:
- Indonesian terms suffixed with -an
- Indonesian terms borrowed from Javanese
- Indonesian terms derived from Javanese
- Indonesian 3-syllable words
- Indonesian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Indonesian/akan
- Rhymes:Indonesian/akan/3 syllables
- Indonesian lemmas
- Indonesian nouns
- Javanese non-lemma forms
- Javanese romanizations