kawah

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Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: ka‧wah

Etymology 1

From Malay kawah (“crater”), possibly from Sundanese kawah.

Noun

kawah (first-person possessive kawahku, second-person possessive kawahmu, third-person possessive kawahnya)

  1. (geology) crater
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Malay kawah (“cauldron”).

Noun

kawah (first-person possessive kawahku, second-person possessive kawahmu, third-person possessive kawahnya)

  1. (obsolete) cauldron
    Synonyms: kaldron, kuali, kancah

Etymology 3

From Javanese kawah (ꦏꦮꦃ, “amniotic fluid”), from Old Javanese kawah (“cauldron, cauldron of hell, amniotic fluid”).

Noun

kawah (first-person possessive kawahku, second-person possessive kawahmu, third-person possessive kawahnya)

  1. (Java) amniotic fluid.
    Synonym: ketuban

Further reading

Malay

Pronunciation

Noun

kawah (Jawi spelling کاوه, plural kawah-kawah, informal 1st possessive kawahku, 2nd possessive kawahmu, 3rd possessive kawahnya)

  1. cauldron
    Synonyms: kuali, kancah, periuk
  2. (geology) crater (of a volcano)
  3. (astronomy) crater on planetary surface
  4. vortex of a whirlpool

Descendants

  • → Cebuano: kawa
  • Indonesian: kawah

References

  • Pijnappel, Jan (1875) “کاوه kawah”, in Maleisch-Hollandsch woordenboek, John Enschede en Zonen, Frederik Muller, page 76
  • Wilkinson, Richard James (1901) “کاوه kawah”, in A Malay-English dictionary, Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, page 499
  • Wilkinson, Richard James (1932) “kawah”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume I, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, page 518

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