lawan

lawan

1. Romanization of ᬮᬯᬦ᭄

Borrowed from Javanese ꦭꦮꦤ꧀ (lawan, “and”), from Old Javanese lawan, lāwan (“adversary, match, opponent; with; and; moreover”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *laban (“beside; oppose”).

lawan

1. and
2. with

From Malay lawan, from Classical Malay lawan, from Proto-Malayic *laban.

• IPA^(key): /la.wan/
• Hyphenation: la‧wan
• Rhymes: -awan, -wan, -an

lawan (plural lawan-lawan, first-person possessive lawanku, second-person possessive lawanmu, third-person possessive lawannya)

1. rival; opponent

lawan

1. to face; to be in a match against
2. to fight

• “lawan” 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.

lawan

1. Romanization of ꦭꦮꦤ꧀

From Proto-Malayic *laban, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *laban (“oppose, go against someone”). Cognate with Tagalog laban and Javanese lawan.

Attested in the Kota Kapur inscription, 686 AD, as Old Malay [script needed] (lavan).

• IPA^(key): [lä.wän]

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• Rhymes: -an

lawan (Jawi spelling لاون, plural lawan-lawan, informal 1st possessive lawanku, 2nd possessive lawanmu, 3rd possessive lawannya)

1. rival; opponent

   Dialah lawan aku.

   He/She is my rival.

lawan (Jawi spelling لاون)

1. to face; to be in a match against

   Pasukan kita akan berlawan dengan pasukan Harimau FC nanti.

   Our team will face the team of Harimau FC later.

2. to fight

   Cikgu, Aqil sedang berlawan dengan Danny!

   Teacher, Aqil is fighting with Danny!

• Indonesian: lawan

• “lawan” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
• Austronesian Comparative Dictionary - *laban