awur
Indonesian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈawʊr/
- Hyphenation: awur
- Rhymes: -awʊr, -wʊr, -ʊr, -r
Etymology 1
From Malay awur. Doublet of tabur and tawur.
Noun
awur (first-person possessive awurku, second-person possessive awurmu, third-person possessive awurnya)
- strew, scatter
- Synonym: tabur
Derived terms
- awuran
- mengawur
- mengawuri
- mengawurkan
Etymology 2
From Javanese ꦲꦮꦸꦂ (awur, “to do haphazardly or without basis”), from Old Javanese awur (“confused, mixed”). Doublet of abor and abur.
Adjective
awur
- haphazardly
- Synonym: sebarang
Derived terms
- awuran
- awur-awuran
- mengawur
Further reading
- “awur” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.