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Cebuano
Pronunciation
Adjective
hawan
- clear; bare or free of obstacles; empty
Verb
hawan
- to clear away of something; to dispose of; to remove
- to empty the contents of
Old Javanese
Etymology
Probably hawa (“to drag, to draw”) + -an.
Pronunciation
Noun
hawan
- way, road
- Synonyms: dalan, hĕnū, ĕnu, mārga, patha
- vehicle
- Synonyms: mārga, wāha, ratha, wāhana, wahat, yāna
Derived terms
Descendants
- → Balinese: ᬳᬯᬦ᭄ (awan, “journey, travel; cause”)
Further reading
- "hawan" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.