kawat

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkawat/
  • Hyphenation: ka‧wat

Noun

káwat (Basahan spelling ᜃᜏᜆ᜔)

  1. a play; a game

Derived terms

Cebuano

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkawat/
  • Hyphenation: ka‧wat

Etymology 1

Noun

kawat (Badlit spelling ᜃᜏᜆ᜔)

  1. theft

Verb

kawat (Badlit spelling ᜃᜏᜆ᜔)

  1. to steal; to commit theft
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Ultimately from Malay kawat.

Noun

kawat (Badlit spelling ᜃᜏᜆ᜔)

  1. wire, usually one used to conduct electricity

Ilocano

Noun

kawat

  1. anchor

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay kawat.

Pronunciation

Noun

kawat

  1. wire
  2. (rare) cable
    Synonym: kabel

Further reading

Javanese

Etymology

From Old Javanese kawat.

Noun

kawat

  1. wire

Malay

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Javanese kawat.

Noun

kawat (Jawi spelling کاوت, plural kawat-kawat, informal 1st possessive kawatku, 2nd possessive kawatmu, 3rd possessive kawatnya)

  1. wire
    kawat berduri: barbed wire
    Synonyms: dawai, wayar
    1. telecommunication wire or cable
      Synonym: wayar
  2. (archaic) telegram, newswire
    Synonym: telegram
Derived terms
Affixed terms and other derivations

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Irregular affixed derivations, other derivations and compound words:

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic قَوَاعِد (qawāʕid, “rule, pattern”). Doublet of kawad and kaedah.

Noun

kawat (Jawi spelling کاوت, plural kawat-kawat, informal 1st possessive kawatku, 2nd possessive kawatmu, 3rd possessive kawatnya)

  1. (Malaysia) row, file, line (of soldiers, troops)
    Synonyms: baris, barisan, kawad, nirai

Verb

berkawat

  1. (Malaysia) to march in a single file or line
    Synonyms: berbaris, berkawad

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

References

  • Pijnappel, Jan (1875) “کاوت kawat”, in Maleisch-Hollandsch woordenboek, John Enschede en Zonen, Frederik Muller, page 76
  • Wilkinson, Richard James (1901) “کاوت kawat”, in A Malay-English dictionary, Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, page 96
  • Wilkinson, Richard James (1932) “kawat”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume I, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, page 518

Further reading

Maranao

Noun

kawat

  1. wire

Old Javanese

Noun

kawat

  1. wire

Tausug

Etymology

Ultimately from Malay kawat.

Pronunciation

  • (Sinūgan Parianun) IPA(key): /kawat/
  • Rhymes: -at
  • Syllabification: ka‧wat

Noun

kawat (Sulat Sūg spelling كَوَتْ)

  1. wire
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