uwab

Javanese

Alternative forms

• Carakan: ꦲꦸꦮꦧ꧀
• Roman: oewab (dated), uab (misspelling), uap (misspelling), uwap (misspelling)

Etymology

From Old Javanese uwab, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ma-)huab, from Proto-Austronesian *(ma-)Suab, *(ma-)Suaw.

Noun

uwab (krama ngoko uwab)

1. steam

   Synonym: kukus

2. (dialectal) water vapor

   Synonym: kukus

References

• The Linguistic Center of Yogyakarta (2011) “uwab”, in Kamus Basa Jawa (Bausastra Jawa) [Javanese Language Dictionary (Javanese Dictionary)] (in Javanese), 2nd edition, Yogyakarta: Kanisius, →ISBN

• "uwab" in Elinor Clark Horne, Javanese-English Dictionary. Yale University Press, New Haven and London, 1974

Limos Kalinga

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ma-)huab, from Proto-Austronesian *(ma-)Suab, *(ma-)Suaw.

Noun

uwáb

1. yawn

Derived terms

• man-uwab