gawai

== Iban == === Etymology === From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *gaway (“religious feast; festivity”). Doublet of gawa. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈɡawai̯] Hyphenation: ga‧wai === Noun === gawai festive, celebration ==== Descendants ==== → Malay: gawai (semantic loan) === References === == Indonesian == === Etymology === Inherited from Malay gawai, from Old Javanese gawe, gaway (“work, task, occupation; work, product; feast, celebration; use, purpose”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *gaway (“religious feast; festivity”), either learned from Javanese gawé (“work, use”) or via precursor Malay dialects. The sense “gadget” is a semantic loan from English gadget. Coined by Indonesian translator Erich Ekoputra. The sense “celebration” is a semantic loan from Kendayan gawai. === Pronunciation === (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈɡawai̯/ [ˈɡa.wai̯] Rhymes: -awai̯ Syllabification: ga‧wai === Noun === gawai (plural gawai-gawai) gadget (electronics product) Synonym: acang (archaic) work, job Synonyms: kerja, pekerjaan (obsolete) tool, equipment Synonyms: alat, peranti, perkakas, radas celebration, particularly of the Gawai Dayak Synonyms: gawai dayak, perayaan (electrical engineering) device Synonym: perangkat ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Malay: gawai (semantic loan) === Further reading === “gawai”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016 == Malay == === Etymology === From Old Javanese gaway (“work, task, occupation; work, product; feast, celebration; use, purpose”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *gaway (“religious feast; festivity”). Compare with Javanese gawé (“work, use”), Iban gawa plus Tagalog gaway (“witchcraft”) and gawa (“work”). Sense of “gadget” is a semantic loan from Indonesian gawai. Sense of “celebration” is a semantic loan from Iban gawai in Borneo. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈɡawai̯] Hyphenation: ga‧wai === Noun === gawai (Jawi spelling ݢاواي, plural gawai-gawai or gawai2) (archaic) work, job, task Synonyms: kerja, pekerjaan (Riau) gadget, tool, equipment. Synonyms: alat, peranti, perkakas (Sarawak) celebration, particularly of the Iban harvest festival. ==== Derived terms ==== === References === Pijnappel, Jan (1875), “ݢاوي gawei”, in Maleisch-Hollandsch woordenboek, John Enschede en Zonen, Frederik Muller, page 100 Wilkinson, Richard James (1901), “ݢاوي gawai”, in A Malay-English dictionary, Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, page 96 Wilkinson, Richard James (1932), “gawai”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume I, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, page 332 === Further reading === "gawai" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017