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kawan

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Indonesian

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Etymology

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From Malay kawan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kaban.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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kawan (plural kawan-kawan)

  1. friend (person whose company one enjoys)
    Synonyms: bendu, dongan, handai, handai tolan, kamerad, kanca, kanti, karib, kenalan, kolega, kontak, mitra, perepat, rafik, rekan, sahabat, saki, sejawat, sekutu, sobat, sohib, teman, tolan
  2. (politics) comrade
    Hanya beberapa orang pemimpin PKI berhasil menyelamatkan diri ke luar negeri, di antaranya anggota Central Comite PKI, Kawan Musso.
    Only several PKI leaders succeeded in saving themselves by traveling abroad, one of them being Comrade Musso, a member of the Central Committee of the PKI.

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Further reading

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Javanese

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Romanization

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kawan

  1. Romanization of ꦏꦮꦤ꧀

Malay

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kaban.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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kawan (Jawi spelling کاون, plural kawan-kawan, informal 1st possessive kawanku, 2nd possessive kawanmu, 3rd possessive kawannya)

  1. friend (person whose company one enjoys)
  2. flock

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Classifier

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kawan

  1. Classifier used for animals in flocks.

Pronoun

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kawan (Jawi spelling کاون)

  1. (Johor) I (personal pronoun)
  2. (Johor) me (direct object of a verb)
  3. (Johor) me (object of a preposition)
  4. (Johor) me (indirect object of a verb)
  5. (Johor) my (belonging to me)

Synonyms

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See also

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Malay personal pronouns
singular plural
1st person standard saya / ساي
aku / اکو, ku- / كو- (informal/towards God)
-ku / -كو (informal possessive)
hamba / همبا (dated)
kami / کامي (exclusive)
kita orang / كيت اورڠ (informal exclusive)
kita / کيت (inclusive)
royal beta / بيتا
2nd person standard kamu / کامو
anda / اندا (formal)
engkau / اڠکاو, kau- / كاو- (informal/towards God)
awak / اوق (friendly/older towards younger)
-mu / -مو (possessive)
awak semua / اوق سموا
kamu semua / كامو سموا
kalian / کالين (informal)
kau orang / كاو اورڠ (informal)
royal tuanku / توانكو
3rd person standard dia / دي
ia / اي
beliau / بلياو (honorific)
-nya / (possessive)
mereka / مريک
dia orang / دي اورڠ (informal)
royal baginda / بݢيندا

Old Javanese

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ka.wan/
  • Rhymes: -wan
  • Hyphenation: ka‧wan

Etymology 1

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Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kaban.

Noun

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kawan

  1. companion; group
Derived terms
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Descendants
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  • >? Javanese: ꦏꦮꦤ꧀ (kawan)

Etymology 2

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Unknown (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

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kawan

  1. a particular kind of fish

Further reading

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

Tagalog

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Malay kawan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kaban (companion, member of a group (of animals or people); friend). Doublet of kaban.

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Noun

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kawan (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜏᜈ᜔)

  1. herd; flock; school; swarm (group of animal together, especially of the same kind)
    Synonyms: kamada, grupo, langkay, pulutong, ganado, kuyog, (obsolete) kaban
  2. multitude; large number
    Synonym: kulumpol

Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • kawan”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2024
  • kawan”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
  • Zorc, David Paul (1981) Core Etymological Dictionary of Filipino: Part 2, page 83
  • Potet, Jean-Paul G. (2016) Tagalog Borrowings and Cognates, Lulu Press, →ISBN, page 103
  • Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*kaban₁”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Anagrams

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Yogad

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Noun

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kawán

  1. typhoon