rawi

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈrawi/ [ˈra.wi]
• Rhymes: -awi
• Syllabification: ra‧wi

Etymology 1

From Malay rawi, from Arabic رَاوٍ (rāwin, “narrator”).

Noun

rawi (plural rawi-rawi or para rawi)

1. hadith narrator

   Synonym: perawi

2. (of hadith) narration

   Synonym: riwayat

3. (rare) Synonym of pendongeng (“storyteller, story maker”)

Verb

rawi (active merawi, passive dirawi)

1. to tell (a hadith)

   Synonyms: riwayat, riwayatkan

2. (rare) Synonym of dongeng (“to tell (a story)”)

Derived terms

• perawi
• rawikan

Etymology 2

From Malay rawi, from Sanskrit रवि (ravi).

Proper noun

rawi

1. (obsolete) Synonym of matahari (“sun”)

Jamamadí

Verb

rawi

1. (Banawá) to write

References

• 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.

Malay

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rawi/
• Rhymes: -awi

Etymology 1

From Arabic رَاوٍ (rāwin, “narrator”).

Noun

rawi (Jawi spelling راوي, plural rawi-rawi, informal 1st possessive rawiku, 2nd possessive rawimu, 3rd possessive rawinya)

1. hadith narrator.

   Synonyms: perawi, periwayat

2. storyteller and story writer

   Synonyms: pencerita, periwayat, pengarang

Affixations

• dirawikan
• merawi
• merawikan
• perawi
• perawian
• rawikan

Etymology 2

From Sanskrit रवि (ravi), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂reu-i-.

Noun

rawi (Jawi spelling راوي, plural rawi-rawi, informal 1st possessive rawiku, 2nd possessive rawimu, 3rd possessive rawinya)

1. (archaic) sun

   Synonyms: matahari, mentari, syamsi, suria

Further reading

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

Matlatzinca

Adjective

rawi

1. one

References

• Roberto Escalante Hernández, Marciano Hernández, Matlatzinca de San Francisco Oxtotilpan, Estado de México (1999)