kawan

== Indonesian == === Etymology === From Malay kawan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kaban. === Pronunciation === (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈkawan/ [ˈka.wan] Rhymes: -awan Syllabification: ka‧wan === Noun === kawan (plural kawan-kawan) buddy (partner for a particular activity) friend (person whose company one enjoys) Synonyms: bendu, dongan, handai, handai tolan, kamerad, kanca, kanti, karib, kenalan, kolega, kontak, mitra, perepat, rafik, rekan, sahabat, saki, sejawat, sekutu, sobat, sohib, teman, tolan (politics) comrade ==== Affixed terms ==== ==== Compounds ==== === Further reading === “kawan”, 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 == Javanese == === Romanization === kawan romanization of ꦏꦮꦤ꧀ == Malay == === Alternative forms === kwn (text messaging) === Etymology === Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kaban. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkawan/ [ˈka.wan] Rhymes: -awan, -wan, -an Hyphenation: ka‧wan === Noun === kawan (Jawi spelling کاون, plural kawan-kawan or kawan2) friend (person whose company one enjoys) flock ==== Synonyms ==== (company enjoyed): teman, rakan, sahabat ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== > Indonesian: kawan (inherited) → Kendayan: kawan === Classifier === kawan Classifier used for animals in flocks. === Pronoun === kawan (Jawi spelling کاون) (Johor) I (personal pronoun) me (direct object of a verb) me (object of a preposition) me (indirect object of a verb) my (belonging to me) ==== Synonyms ==== ==== See also ==== == Old Javanese == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ka.wan/ Rhymes: -wan Hyphenation: ka‧wan === Etymology 1 === Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kaban. ==== Noun ==== kawan companion; group ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== >? Javanese: ꦏꦮꦤ꧀ (kawan) === Etymology 2 === Unknown (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) ==== Noun ==== kawan a particular kind of fish === Further reading === "kawan" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982. == Tagalog == === Etymology === Borrowed from Malay kawan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kaban (“companion, member of a group (of animals or people); friend”). Doublet of kaban. === Pronunciation === (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈkawan/ [ˈkaː.wɐn̪] Rhymes: -awan Syllabification: ka‧wan === Noun === kawan (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜏᜈ᜔) herd; flock; school; swarm (group of animals together, especially of the same kind) Synonyms: kamada, grupo, langkay, pulutong, ganado, kuyog, (obsolete) kaban multitude; large number Synonym: kulumpol ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “kawan”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2025 “kawan”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018 Zorc, David Paul (1981), Core Etymological Dictionary of Filipino: Part 2, page 83 Potet, Jean-Paul G. (2016), Tagalog Borrowings and Cognates, Lulu Press, →ISBN, page 103 Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*kaban₁”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI === Anagrams === kanaw, nakaw == Yogad == === Noun === kawán typhoon