kawung

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Indonesian

Motif batik kawung

Etymology

From Malay kaung, from Javanese ꦏꦮꦸꦁ (kawung) or Sundanese kawung, from Old Javanese kawuṅ (cloth pattern; dried leaves of sugar palm). Doublet of kabung.

Pronunciation

Noun

kawung (plural kawung-kawung)

  1. (Sunda) sugar palm (Arenga pinnata)
    Synonyms: enau, kabung, aren
  2. (Sunda) a type of cigarette that uses dried leaves of the sugar palm as the paper
  3. (art) a batik motif

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Javanese

Romanization

kawung

  1. romanization of ꦏꦮꦸꦁ

Sundanese

Etymology

From Old Sundanese kawuṅ, cognate of Old Javanese kawuṅ

Noun

kawung (Sundanese script ᮊᮝᮥᮀ)

  1. (botany) sugar palm (Arenga pinnata)

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