awan

See also: Awan, awaŋ, and ą́wąn

Abenaki

Noun

awan

  1. air

References

Acehnese

Noun

awan

  1. cloud

Bakumpai

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hawan.

Noun

awan

  1. cloud

Balinese

Romanization

awan

  1. Romanization of ᬳᬯᬦ᭄

Bikol Central

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈʔawan/, [ˈʔa.wan̪]
  • Hyphenation: a‧wan

Noun

áwan (Basahan spelling ᜀᜏᜈ᜔)

  1. lawnmowing
  2. grass cutting or trimming
    Synonym: basabas

Derived terms
  • awanan
  • mag-awan

Brunei Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *awan (compare Malay awan), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hawan.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /awan/
  • Hyphenation: a‧wan

Noun

awan

  1. cloud (visible mass of water droplets suspended in the air)

Central Melanau

Etymology

From Proto-North Sarawak *awan, from Western Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hawan.

Noun

awan

  1. cloud (visible mass of water droplets suspended in the air)

Ibatan

Etymology

Cognate with Yami awan and Ivatan awaan.

Noun

awan

  1. year

Ilocano

Pronunciation
  • Hyphenation: a‧wán
  • IPA(key): /ʔaˈwan/, [ʔɐˈwan]

Verb

awán

  1. to not have
    Awan ti kuarta na.
    He has no money.

Preposition

awán

  1. without

Pronoun

awán

  1. nothing; nobody

Derived terms
  • agawan
  • awanan
  • maawan
  • maawanan
  • paawanen

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay awan, from Proto-Malayic *awan, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *awan, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *awan, from Western Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hawan.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈawan]
  • Hyphenation: awan
  • Rhymes: -an

Noun

awan (plural awan-awan, first-person possessive awanku, second-person possessive awanmu, third-person possessive awannya)

  1. cloud:
    1. a visible mass of water droplets suspended in the air.
    2. (astronomy) any mass of dust, steam or smoke resembling such a mass.
  2. cloud-like pattern.
  3. (figurative) a very high place.

Synonyms

Derived terms
Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

  • berawan [stative / habitual] (beR-)
  • mengawan [agent focus] (meN-)
  • perawanan [causative passive + repetition / reciprocity] (peR- + -an)

Irregular affixed derivations, other derivations and compound words:

  • awan-berawan
  • awan air
  • awan air terjun
  • awan arkus
  • awan bakaran
  • awan bakat kuning
  • awan bakat merah
  • awan berarak
  • awan bersilap
  • awan campur
  • awan depresi
  • awan es
  • awan fohn
  • awan gelombang
  • awan gemawan
  • awan golak-galik
  • awan gulung
  • awan guntur
  • awan hitam
  • awan induk
  • awan induk mutiara
  • awan industri
  • awan inversi
  • awan jamur
  • awan jejak
  • awan kelabu
  • awan kemawan
  • awan kerawang
  • awan konveksi
  • awan konvektif
  • awan ledakan
  • awan letikular
  • awan luncur
  • awan malam
  • awan mengandung hujan
  • awan nakreus
  • awan Oort
  • awan orograf
  • awan orografik
  • awan panas
  • awan panji
  • awan pelangi
  • awan pengarak hujan
  • awan perak
  • awan pita
  • awan puncak
  • awan rak
  • awan rendah
  • awan rotor
  • awan tengah
  • awan tetes air
  • awan tinggi
  • awan topan
  • awan tudung
  • awan vulkanis

Further reading

Javanese

Romanization

awan

  1. Romanization of ꦲꦮꦤ꧀

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *awan, *a(bw)an, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *awan, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *awan, from Western Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hawan.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /a.wan/
  • Rhymes: -awan, -wan, -an

Noun

awan (Jawi spelling اون, plural awan-awan, informal 1st possessive awanku, 2nd possessive awanmu, 3rd possessive awannya)

  1. cloud (visible mass of water droplets suspended in the air)
    • 2005 [1997 July], A. Samad Said, A. Samad Said: Sebuah antologi puisi yang menghimpunkan karya-karya selama setengah abad [A. Samad Said: An anthology of poems assembled from works spanning half a century], Utusan Publications, Memanggil Tun Teja (Poem No. 157), page 303:
      Dia mengingini sungai yang sejuk, jernih,
      merindui awan tenang yang paling putih
      He yearns for a river that is cold and clear,
      misses a calm cloud that is the most white.

Synonyms

Derived terms
Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

  • berawan [stative / habitual] (beR-)
  • mengawan [agent focus] (meN-)

Irregular affixed derivations, other derivations and compound words:

  • merawan

Descendants
  • Indonesian: awan

Further reading

Old Javanese

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /awan/

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hawan (“atmosphere”).

Noun

awan

  1. midday, noon
Derived terms
  • kāwanan
  • māwan
  • āwan
Descendants

Noun

awan

  1. Alternative spelling of hawan

Quechua

Verb

awan

  1. third-person singular present indicative of away

Rejang

Romanization

awan

  1. Romanization of ꥆꥀꥐ

Southwestern Dinka

Noun

awan

  1. jackal, fox

References
  • Dinka-English Dictionary‎, 2005

Tagalog

Pronunciation
  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ʔaˈwan/ [ʔɐˈwan]
  • Rhymes: -an
  • Syllabification: a‧wan

Interjection

awán (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜏᜈ᜔) (dialectal, Southern Tagalog)

  1. Alternative form of aywan: I don't know!; I forgot!

Etymology 2

Learned borrowing from Ilocano awan.

Numeral

awán (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜏᜈ᜔) (neologism)

  1. zero
    Synonyms: wala, sero, (neologism) kopong

Further reading
  • “awan”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
  • del Rosario, Gonsalo (1969) Maugnaying Talasalitaang Pang-agham : Ingles-Pilipino [Correlative Word List for Sciences : English-Filipino] (overall work in English and Tagalog), Manila: National Book Store, Inc., →LCCN, →OL

Yami

Etymology

Cognates with Ivatan awaan and Ibatan awan.

Noun

awan

  1. year
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