tawur
Indonesian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtawʊr/
- Hyphenation: ta‧wur
- Rhymes: -wʊr, -ʊr, -r
Etymology 1
From Javanese ꦠꦮꦸꦂ (tawur, “gang fight; sacrifice”), from Old Javanese tawur, tahur (“offering, sacrifice”).
- The ceremony equipment sense is a semantic loan from Sundanese ᮒᮝᮥᮁ (tawur).
Noun
tawur (plural tawur-tawur, first-person possessive tawurku, second-person possessive tawurmu, third-person possessive tawurnya)
- brawl
- wet kawung leaves are arranged and pierced with a stick for the Ngalaksa traditional ceremony equipment
Derived terms
- tawuran
Etymology 2
From Sundanese ᮒᮝᮥᮁ (tawur), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tabuR (“strew”), *-buR (“strew, sow; sprinkle”). Doublet of awur and tabur.
Noun
tawur (plural tawur-tawur, first-person possessive tawurku, second-person possessive tawurmu, third-person possessive tawurnya)
- Cirebon batik pattern
Further reading
- “tawur” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.