ꦭꦮꦤ꧀

Javanese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Javanese lawan, lāwan (“adversary, match, opponent; with; and; moreover”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *laban (“beside; oppose”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /lawan/
  • Hyphenation: la‧wan

Noun

ꦭꦮꦤ꧀ (lawan)

  1. (literary) adversary, opponent, rival

Conjunction

ꦭꦮꦤ꧀ (lawan)

  1. (literary) and

Derived terms
  • ꦊꦭꦮꦤꦤ꧀ (lelawanan)
  • ꦔꦭꦮꦤ꧀ (ngalawan)
  • ꦭꦮꦤꦤ꧀ (lawanan)
  • ꦭꦸꦩꦮꦤ꧀ (lumawan)

Descendants
  • → Banjarese: lawan

Further reading
  • The Linguistic Center of Yogyakarta (2015) “lawan”, in Kamus Basa Jawa (Bausastra Jawa) [Javanese Language Dictionary (Javanese Dictionary)] (in Javanese), Yogyakarta: Kanisius, →ISBN
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