kawan

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay kawan.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ka.wan/

Noun

kawan (plural kawan-kawan, first-person possessive kawanku, second-person possessive kawanmu, third-person possessive kawannya)

  1. friend (person whose company one enjoys)

Malay

Alternative forms
  • کاون‎

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [kawan]
  • Rhymes: -awan, -wan, -an

Noun

kawan (Jawi spelling کاون‎, plural kawan-kawan, informal first-person possessive kawanku, informal second-person possessive kawanmu, third-person possessive kawannya)

  1. friend (person whose company one enjoys)

Synonyms

Derived terms
Affixed terms and other derivations

Affixed derivations:

  • perkawan [causative passive] (peR-)
  • kawankan [causative benefactive] (-kan)
  • kawani [causative (locative) benefactive] (-i)
  • berkawan [stative / habitual] (beR-)

Pronoun

kawan (Jawi spelling کاون)

  1. (Johor) I (personal pronoun)
  2. (Johor) me (direct object of a verb)
  3. (Johor) me (object of a preposition)
  4. (Johor) me (indirect object of a verb)
  5. (Johor) my (belonging to me)

Synonyms

See also
Malay personal pronouns
singular plural
1st person familiar aku / اکو‎ kami / کامي‎ (exclusive)
kita / کيت‎ (inclusive)
polite saya / ساي‎
2nd person familiar engkau / اڠکاو‎
kamu / کامو‎
awak / اوق‎
polite anda / اندا‎
3rd person dia / دي‎
ia / اي‎
-nya / -ڽ‎		 mereka / مريک‎
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