kelawar

Indonesian

Noun

kelawar

1. Alternative form of kelelawar

Malay

Alternative forms

• kelelawar

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kəˈlawar/ [kəˈla.war]
• Rhymes: -awa(r), -wa(r), -a(r)

Etymology 1

From kelelawar by haplology, from Proto-Malayic, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kula-la(m)baʀ. Possibly related to Proto-Austronesian *lawaʀ (“flying squirrel”).

Noun

kelawar (Jawi spelling کلاور, plural kelawar-kelawar, informal 1st possessive kelawarku, 2nd possessive kelawarmu, 3rd possessive kelawarnya)

1. bat

Etymology 2

Phono-semantic matching of Dutch klaveren.

Noun

kelawar (Jawi spelling کلاور, plural kelawar-kelawar, informal 1st possessive kelawarku, 2nd possessive kelawarmu, 3rd possessive kelawarnya)

1. (card games) clubs

See also

Suits in Malay · daun terup (layout · text)
lekuk, pangkah	ciduk, daiman, retin	sekopong, sped	kelawar

Further reading

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