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)
- 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
- “kawan” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Malay
Alternative forms
- کاون
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)
- friend (person whose company one enjoys)
- flock
Synonyms
- (company enjoyed): teman, rakan, sahabat
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
- Classifier used for animals in flocks.
Pronoun
kawan (Jawi spelling کاون)
- (Johor) I (personal pronoun)
- (Johor) me (direct object of a verb)
- (Johor) me (object of a preposition)
- (Johor) me (indirect object of a verb)
- (Johor) my (belonging to me)
Synonyms
- aku / اکو
- saya / ساي
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
- herd; flock; school; swarm (group of animal together, especially of the same kind)
- Synonyms: kamada, grupo, langkay
- 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
- typhoon