lawar

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Balinese

Romanization

lawar

  1. Romanization of ᬮᬯᬃ

Indonesian

Etymology

Inherited from Malay lawar (“cuts (pieces) of meat or fish”), from Old Javanese lawar (“uncooked, raw”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /la.wa/
  • Rhymes: -wa
  • Hyphenation: la‧wa

Noun

lawar (plural lawar-lawar, first-person possessive lawarku, second-person possessive lawarmu, third-person possessive lawarnya)

  1. cuts (pieces) of meat or fish

Derived terms

Further reading

Javanese

Romanization

lawar

  1. Romanization of ꦭꦮꦂ

Old Javanese

Etymology

Unknown (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /la.war/
  • Rhymes: -war
  • Hyphenation: la‧war

Adjective

lawar

  1. raw, uncooked

Derived terms

Descendants

  • > Javanese: ꦭꦮꦂ (lawar) (inherited)
  • >? Balinese: ᬮᬯᬃ (lawar)
  • >? Malay: lawar
    • > Indonesian: lawar (inherited)

Further reading

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