tawan

See also: tāwan and taw-an

Bikol Central

Etymology

From tao +‎ -an.

Pronunciation
  • Hyphenation: ta‧wan
  • IPA(key): /taʔˈwan/

Verb

tàwan

  1. to give

See also

Central Dusun

Etymology

Compare Malay awan (“cloud”).

Noun

tawan

  1. sky

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay tawan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taban (“booty, war captive”), from Proto-Austronesian *tabaN (“head trophy, trophy taken in headhunting”).

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

Verb

tawan (base-imperative tawan, active menawan, ordinary passive ditawan, adversative passive tertawan)

  1. to catch, to capture

Derived terms
  • menawan
  • penawan
  • penawanan
  • tawanan
  • tertawan

Verb

tawan

  1. to sob

Derived terms
  • bertawan-tawan

Further reading

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taban (“booty, war captive”), from Proto-Austronesian *tabaN (“head trophy, trophy taken in headhunting”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /tawan/
  • Rhymes: -awan, -wan, -an

Verb

tawan (Jawi spelling تاون‎)

  1. to captivate, to capture, to conquer

Derived terms
Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

  • penawan [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure] (peN-)
  • penawanan [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure + resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (peN- + -an)
  • tawanan [resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (-an)
  • menawan [agent focus] (meN-)
  • ditawan [patient focus] (di-)
  • tertawan [agentless action] (teR-)

Descendants
  • Indonesian: tawan

Further reading
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