kawalan

Affixed kawal +‎ -an, from Malay kawalan.

• IPA^(key): /kaˈwalan/
• Rhymes: -an, -n
• Hyphenation: ka‧wal‧an

kawalan (plural kawalan-kawalan, first-person possessive kawalanku, second-person possessive kawalanmu, third-person possessive kawalannya)

1. protected objects
2. guard, protection

• “kawalan” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

From ka- +‎ wala +‎ -an.

• Hyphenation: ka‧wa‧lan
• IPA^(key): /kawaˈlan/, [kɐ.wɐˈlan]

kawalán (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜏᜎᜈ᜔)

1. loss; deprivation; depletion
2. lack; deficiency; insufficiency
3. void; emptiness; nothingness

• kasalatan
• kakapusan
• kakulangan

• kawalang-

From Proto-Austronesian *kawayan[1]. Compare Bikol Central kawayan, Cebuano kawayan, and Tagalog kawayan.

kawalan

1. bamboo