awan

See also: Awan, awaŋ, and ą́wąn

Abenaki

Noun

awan

  1. air

References
  • Joseph Laurent (1884) New Familiar Abenakis and English Dialogues, Quebec: Leger Brousseau

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)

Ilocano

Noun

awan

  1. nothing

Indonesian

Etymology

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

Noun

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

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

Synonyms

Derived terms
Affixed terms and other derivations

Affixed derivations:

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

Other derivations and compound words:

  • awan-berawan

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *awan, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *awan, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *awan, from Proto-Sunda-Sulawesi *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 first-person possessive awanku, informal second-person possessive awanmu, third-person possessive awannya)

  1. cloud (visible mass of water droplets suspended in the air)
    • 2005 [July 1997], 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

Affixed derivations:

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

Other derivations and compound words:

  • merawan

Quechua

Verb

awan

  1. third-person singular present indicative of away

Rejang

Romanization

awan

  1. Romanization of ꥆꥀꥐ
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