bawa

See also: Bawa, ɓawa, and baŵa

Garawa

bawa

bāwā̀ m (feminine bâiwā, plural bāyī, possessed form bāwàn)

From Malay bawa, from Classical Malay bawa, which was first attested in the Kedukan Bukit inscription, 683AD with the Old Malay mava in inflected form mamāwa, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baba, from Proto-Austronesian *baba. Compare to Old Javanese wawa (“to bring, to carry”).

bawa (base-imperative bawa, active membawa, passive dibawa, involuntary terbawa)

Conjugation of bawa (meng-, transitive)
Root	bawa
	Active	Involuntary	Passive	Imperative	Jussive
Active	membawa	terbawa	dibawa	bawa	bawalah
Locative	membawai	terbawai	dibawai	bawai	bawailah
Causative / Applicative¹	membawakan	terbawakan	dibawakan	bawakan	bawakanlah
	Causative
Active	memperbawa	terperbawa	diperbawa	perbawa	perbawalah
Locative	memperbawai	terperbawai	diperbawai	perbawai	perbawailah
Causative / Applicative¹	memperbawaikan	terperbawakan	diperbawakan	perbawakan	perbawakanlah
¹The -kan row is either causative or applicative, with transitive roots it mostly has applicative meaning. Notes: Some of these forms do normally not exist or are rarely used in standard Indonesian. Some forms may also change meaning.

bawa

bawa (Lontara spelling ᨅᨓ)

First attested in the Kedukan Bukit inscription, 683AD, as Old Malay (mava) in inflected form mamāwa.

bawa (Jawi spelling باوا)

to carry.
to take or lead someone to a certain place.
Tolong bawa saya ke sana.
Please take me there.
to cause something.
to involve into a certain event.
(informal) to drive a vehicle
Bawa elok-elok kereta di jalan.
Drive the car carefully on the road.