awak
Balinese
Banjarese
Etymology
From Proto-Malayic *awak, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hawak, from Proto-Austronesian *Sawak (“waist”).
Central Bontoc
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hawak, from Proto-Austronesian *Sawak (“waist”).
Dibabawon Manobo
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hawak, from Proto-Austronesian *Sawak (“waist”).
Indonesian
Etymology
From Malay awak, from Classical Malay awak, from Proto-Malayic *awak, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hawak, from Proto-Austronesian *Sawak (“waist”). Semantic loan from Minangkabau awak for sense of a Minangkabau person. Semantic loan from Javanese ꦲꦮꦏ꧀ (awak, “body”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /awak/, /awaʔ/
- Rhymes: -awak, -wak, -ak, -awaʔ, -waʔ, -aʔ
Noun
awak
Hyponyms
- awak darat
- awak geladak
- awak kabin
- awak kalian
- awak kapal
- awak media
- awak mesin
- awak penerbangan
- awak pesawat
- awak properti
- awak udara
Derived terms
- berawak
- berperawakan
- memperawak
- mengawaki
- pengawakan
- perawakan
Further reading
- “awak” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Iriga Bicolano
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hawak, from Proto-Austronesian *Sawak (“waist”).
Javanese
Malay
Etymology
From Proto-Malayic *awak, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hawak, from Proto-Austronesian *Sawak (“waist”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /awaʔ/
- Rhymes: -awaʔ, -waʔ, -aʔ
Audio (MY) (file)
Noun
awak (Jawi spelling اوق, plural awak-awak, informal 1st possessive awakku, 2nd possessive awakmu, 3rd possessive awaknya)
Derived terms
Usage notes
- Used with people of the same or similar age group.
See also
singular | plural | ||
---|---|---|---|
1st person | standard | saya / ساي aku/ku- / اکو / كو- (informal/towards God) -ku / -كو (informal possessive) hamba / همبا (dated) |
kami / کامي (exclusive) kita orang / كيت اورڠ (informal exclusive) kita / کيت (inclusive) |
royal | beta / بيتا | ||
2nd person | standard | kamu / کامو anda / اندا (formal) | |
engkau/kau- / اڠکاو/ كاو- (informal/towards God) awak / اوق (friendly/older towards younger) -mu / -مو (possessive) |
awak semua / اوق سموا kamu semua / كامو سموا kalian / کالين (informal) kau orang / كاو اورڠ (informal) | ||
royal | tuanku / توانكو | ||
3rd person | standard | dia / دي ia / اي beliau / بلياو (honorific) -nya / -ڽ (possessive) |
mereka / مريک dia orang / دي اورڠ (informal) |
royal | baginda / بݢيندا |
Descendants
- Indonesian: awak
References
- "awak" in Kamus Dewan, Fourth Edition, Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, →ISBN, 2005.
- “awak” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
- Blust's Austronesian Comparative Dictionary — *Sawak
Minangkabau
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /awaʔ/
Noun
awak
- body
- a term for people from the same village (usually refers to fellow Minangkabau people)
- kironyo urang awak juo mah!
- turns out he's just like us
Pronoun
awak
- I, me, my; first person singular
- Awak pulang lai, Kawan!
- I will go home first, Bro!
- we, us, our; first person plural (inclusive of the person spoken to)
- Molah awak pai!
- Let us go!
- we, us, our; first person plural (exclusive of the person spoken to)
- Alah dulu lo awak pai.
- We've already left
- you; second person singular (used in a dialogue between spouses or lovers, can be used by either men or women; in a dialogue between superior and inferior, it's used only to speak to the inferior)
- Awak kama kini?
- Where do you want to go now?
References
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Please see Module:checkparams for help with this warning.“awak” in Gérard Moussay, Dictionnaire Minangkabau Indonésien Français, Paris: Editions L'Harmattan, 1995, →ISBN.
Southern Tidong
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hawak, from Proto-Austronesian *Sawak (“waist”).
Sundanese
Tagalog
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog)
- IPA(key): /ʔaˈwak/ [ʔɐˈwak] (“overflow of large volumes of water”, noun)
- Rhymes: -ak
- IPA(key): /ˈʔawak/ [ˈʔa.wɐk] (“large body of water”, noun)
- Rhymes: -awak
- IPA(key): /ʔaˈwak/ [ʔɐˈwak] (“overflow of large volumes of water”, noun)
- Syllabification: a‧wak
Noun
awák (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜏᜃ᜔)
Related terms
- alawak
Further reading
- “awak”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
Tenggarong Kutai Malay
Etymology
From Proto-Malayic *awak, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hawak, from Proto-Austronesian *Sawak (“waist”).