tawar

== Indonesian == === Pronunciation === (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈtawar/ [ˈt̪a.war] Rhymes: -awar Syllabification: ta‧war === Etymology 1 === From Malay tawar, from Classical Malay tawar, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tawaD (“to bargain, haggle over the price”). ==== Verb ==== tawar (active menawar, reflexive passive tertawar, ordinary passive ditawar, imperative tawar, emphatic-jussive tawarlah) to bargain ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 2 === From Malay tawar, from Classical Malay tawar, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tawaR (“tasteless; neutralize something efficacious, as an antidote for poison”) or Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tabaR (“tasteless, insipid; powerless; antidote, as against snakebite”). ==== Adjective ==== tawar related to taste bland Synonym: hambar tasteless (having no flavour) (of liquid) not salty Antonym: asin related to improvement calm Synonym: reda (of sickness) better Synonym: reda related to ungoodness unfriendly; cold Synonym: dingin not happy; unhappy Antonym: gembira not effective; ineffective Antonym: manjur ===== Derived terms ===== === Further reading === “tawar”, 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 == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /tawar/ Rhymes: -awar, -ar (schwa-variety) IPA(key): [täwäː] === Etymology 1 === From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tawaD (“to bargain, haggle over the price”). Compare Malay táwad (“discount; bargaining; asking for a discount; haggling over prices”). ==== Verb ==== tawar (Jawi spelling تاور) to offer ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 2 === From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tawaR (“tasteless; neutralize something efficacious, as an antidote for poison”) or Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tabaR (“tasteless, insipid; powerless; antidote, as against snakebite”). Compare Old Javanese tawa (“powerless, weak, inefficacious, harmless”). ==== Adjective ==== tawar (Jawi spelling تاور, comparative lebih tawar, superlative paling tawar) plain; bland (of a flavour) ===== Derived terms ===== === Further reading === "tawar" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017 Austronesian Comparative Dictionary 1 Austronesian Comparative Dictionary 2 Austronesian Comparative Dictionary 3