kawi

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Balinese

Romanization

kawi

  1. Romanization of ᬓᬯᬶ

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Noun

kawi

  1. Obsolete spelling of gabi.

French

Pronunciation

Noun

kawi m (uncountable)

  1. Old Javanese (language)
    Synonym: vieux javanais

Further reading

Indonesian

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: ka‧wi

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Javanese ꦏꦮꦶ (kawi), from Old Javanese kawi (“poet”), from Sanskrit कवि (kavi).

Noun

kawi (first-person possessive kawiku, second-person possessive kawimu, third-person possessive kawinya)

  1. Old Javanese:
    1. The oldest attested form of Javanese language spoken up to the thirteenth century.
    2. The oldest and most extensive written language of Southeast Asia (chiefly, in terms of written records, and the most extensive in the number and variety of its texts).
  2. (Java) poet, author.
    Synonyms: pengarang, pujangga

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic قَوِي (qawī, “strong”).

Adjective

kawi

  1. strong.
    Synonyms: kuat, kukuh, sakti

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Buginese ᨀᨓᨗ (kawi).

Verb

kawi

  1. (Bugis) traditional Buginese tie or binding technique.

Further reading

Javanese

Romanization

kawi

  1. Romanization of ꦏꦮꦶ

Karao

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kami, from Proto-Austronesian *kami.

Pronoun

kawi

  1. we; us (exclusive of the person spoken to)

Old Javanese

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit कवि (kavi, “poet”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ka.wi/
  • Rhymes: -wi
  • Hyphenation: ka‧wi

Noun

kawi

  1. poet

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Javanese: ꦏꦮꦶ (kawi, “Old Javanese; poet”)
  • → Balinese: ᬓᬯᬶ (kawi, “Old Javanese”)

Further reading

  • "kawi" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

Swahili

Pronunciation

  • Audio (Kenya):(file)

Noun

kawi (n class, plural kawi)

  1. energy

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Noun

kawî (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜏᜒ) (obsolete)

  1. revealing of an accomplice more than what is necessary
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Possibly from Javanese ꦏꦮꦶ (kawi, “poet”), from Old Javanese kawi (“poet”), from Sanskrit कवि (kavi, “poet”). Compare Indonesian kawi.

Pronunciation

Noun

kawì (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜏᜒ) (obsolete)

  1. jargon (for two people especially when they do not want to be understood by others)
    Synonyms: balbal, islang, salitang malabo, takitaki, tigbuhol
    Kawian mo siyang pakiusapan.
    Talk to him using jargons.
Usage notes
Derived terms
See also

Further reading

Anagrams

Unami

Verb

kawi (third plural indicative kawi) (animate intransitive)

  1. (animate, intransitive) to sleep

References

  • Rementer, Jim with Pearson, Bruce L. (2005) “kawi”, in Leneaux, Grant, Whritenour, Raymond, editors, The Lenape Talking Dictionary, The Lenape Language Preservation Project
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