gawir
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== Indonesian ==
=== Etymology ===
From Sundanese gawir (“cliff, precipice”).
=== Pronunciation ===
(Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈɡawir/ [ˈɡa.wɪr]
Rhymes: -awir
Syllabification: ga‧wir
=== Noun ===
gawir (plural gawir-gawir)
a very steep cliff or caused by faulting; scarp
gawir sesar ― fault scarp
=== Further reading ===
“gawir”, 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
== Sundanese ==
=== Noun ===
gawir (Hanacaraka spelling ᮌᮝᮤᮁ)
a steep slope, at the bottom of which there is an abyss; precipice or cliff
=== Further reading ===
"GAWIR", in Coolsma, S (1913), Soendaneesch-Hollandsch Woordenboek (in Dutch), Leiden: A.W. Sijthoff's Uitgeversmaatschappij