kawan

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay kawan, from Classical Malay kawan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kaban.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ka.wan/
  • Rhymes: -wan, -an, -n
  • Hyphenation: ka‧wan

Noun

kawan (plural kawan-kawan, first-person possessive kawanku, second-person possessive kawanmu, third-person possessive kawannya)

  1. 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

Affixed terms
  • berkawan
  • berkawanan
  • berkawan-kawan
  • kawanan
  • memperkawan
  • memperkawankan
  • mengawan
  • mengawani
  • perkawanan

Compounds
  • kawan berbuat
  • kawan berlomba
  • kawan bicara
  • kawan hidup
  • kawan sekelas
  • kawan sekerja
  • kawan sirih
  • kawan tebusan

Further reading

Malay

Alternative forms

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [kawan]
  • Rhymes: -awan, -wan, -an

Noun

kawan (Jawi spelling کاون‎, plural kawan-kawan, informal 1st possessive kawanku, 2nd possessive kawanmu, 3rd possessive kawannya)

  1. friend (person whose company one enjoys)
  2. flock

Synonyms

Derived terms
Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

  • perkawan [causative passive] (peR-)
  • kawankan [causative benefactive] (-kan)
  • kawani [causative (locative) benefactive] (-i)
  • berkawan [stative / habitual] (beR-)

Classifier

kawan

  1. Classifier used for animals in flocks.

Pronoun

kawan (Jawi spelling کاون‎)

  1. (Johor) I (personal pronoun)
  2. (Johor) me (direct object of a verb)
  3. (Johor) me (object of a preposition)
  4. (Johor) me (indirect object of a verb)
  5. (Johor) my (belonging to me)

Synonyms

See also
Malay personal pronouns
singular plural
1st person standard saya / ساي‎
aku/ku- / اکو‎ / كو-‎ (informal/towards God)
-ku / -كو‎ (informal possessive)
hamba / همبا‎ (dated)		 kami / کامي‎ (exclusive)
kita orang / كيت اورڠ‎ (informal exclusive)
kita / کيت‎ (inclusive)
royal beta / بيتا‎
2nd person standard kamu / کامو‎
anda / اندا‎ (formal)
engkau/kau- / اڠکاو‎/ كاو-‎ (informal/towards God)
awak / اوق‎ (friendly/older towards younger)
-mu / -مو‎ (possessive)		 kalian / کاليان‎
kamu semua / كامو سموا‎
kau orang / كاو اورڠ‎ (informal)
royal tuanku / توانكو‎
3rd person standard dia / دي‎
ia / اي‎
beliau / بلياو‎ (honorific)
-nya / -ڽ‎ (possessive)		 mereka / مريک‎
dia orang / دي اورڠ‎ (informal)
royal baginda / بݢيندا‎

Tagalog

Etymology

From Malay kawan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kaban. Doublet of kaban.

Pronunciation
  • Hyphenation: ka‧wan
  • IPA(key): /ˈkawan/, [ˈka.wɐn]

Noun

kawan

  1. herd; flock; school; swarm (group of animal together, especially of the same kind)
    Synonyms: kamada, grupo, langkay
  2. multitude; large number

Derived terms
  • magkawan
  • magkawan-kawan

Further reading
  • Potet, Jean-Paul G. (2016) Tagalog Borrowings and Cognates, Lulu Press, →ISBN, pages 103

Yogad

Noun

kawán

  1. typhoon
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