hawu

Indonesian

Etymology

From Sundanese ᮠᮝᮥ (hawu, stove), from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *(h)abu(s), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(q)abu(s), from Proto-Austronesian *qabu. Doublet of abu.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhawu/
  • Hyphenation: ha‧wu

Noun

hawu (first-person possessive hawuku, second-person possessive hawumu, third-person possessive hawunya)

  1. (dialect) hearth.
    Synonym: tungku

Further reading


Old Javanese

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qabu.

Noun

hawu

  1. ash

Sundanese

Romanization

hawu

  1. Romanization of ᮠᮝᮥ

Zulu

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /hǎːwu/

Interjection

hawu

  1. oh my!, eish!, wow!, good heavens!

References

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