tawur

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtawʊr/
• Hyphenation: ta‧wur
• Rhymes: -wʊr, -ʊr, -r

Etymology 1

From Javanese ꦠꦮꦸꦂ (tawur, “gang fight; sacrifice”), from Old Javanese tawur, tahur (“offering, sacrifice”).

• The ceremony equipment sense is a semantic loan from Sundanese ᮒᮝᮥᮁ (tawur).

Noun

tawur (plural tawur-tawur)

1. brawl
2. wet kawung leaves are arranged and pierced with a stick for the Ngalaksa traditional ceremony equipment

Derived terms

• tawuran

 

Etymology 2

From Sundanese ᮒᮝᮥᮁ (tawur), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tabuR (“strew”), *-buR (“strew, sow; sprinkle”). Doublet of awur and tabur.

Noun

tawur (plural tawur-tawur)

1. Cirebon batik pattern

Further reading

• “tawur” 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.