- IPA(key): /ˈkawat/ [ˈka.wɐt̪]
- Hyphenation:ka‧wat
kawat (Badlit spellingᜃᜏᜆ᜔)
- theft
kawat (Badlit spellingᜃᜏᜆ᜔)
- tosteal; to committheft
Ultimately fromMalaykawat.
kawat (Badlit spellingᜃᜏᜆ᜔)
- wire, usually one used toconductelectricity
- IPA(key): /ˈkawat/ [ˈka.wat]
- Hyphenation:ka‧wat
káwat (Basahan spellingᜃᜏᜆ᜔)
- aplay; agame
kawat
- anchor
Inherited fromMalaykawat, fromJavanesekawat(“wire, cable; telegram”), fromOld Javanesekawat(“wire”).
kawat (pluralkawat-kawat)
- wire
- (uncommon)cable
- Synonym:kabel
- ellipsis ofkabar kawat(“telegram (a written or printed telegraph message)”)
FromOld Javanesekawat.
kawat
- wire
FromJavanesekawat.
kawat (Jawi spellingکاوت,pluralkawat-kawatorkawat2)
- wire
- kawat berduri:barbed wire
- Synonyms:dawai,wayar
- telecommunication wire orcable
- Synonym:wayar
- (archaic)telegram,newswire
- Synonym:telegram
Affixed terms and other derivations
Regular affixed derivations:
Irregular affixed derivations, other derivations and compound words:
Borrowed fromArabicقَوَاعِد(qawāʕid,“rule, pattern”).Doublet ofkawad andkaedah.
kawat (Jawi spellingکاوت,pluralkawat-kawatorkawat2)
- (Malaysia)row,file,line (of soldiers, troops)
- Synonyms:baris,barisan,kawad,nirai
berkawat
- (Malaysia) tomarch in a single file or line
- Synonyms:berbaris,berkawad
Affixed terms and other derivations
Regular affixed derivations:
- Pijnappel, Jan (1875), “کاوت kawat”, inMaleisch-Hollandsch woordenboek, John Enschede en Zonen, Frederik Muller, page76
- Wilkinson, Richard James (1901), “کاوت kawat”, inA Malay-English dictionary, Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, page96
- Wilkinson, Richard James (1932), “kawat”, inA Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume I, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, page518
kawat
- wire
- IPA(key): /ˈkawat/,[ˈka.wat̪̚]
- Rhymes:-wat
- Hyphenation:ka‧wat
Unknown, probablyInherited fromProto-Malayo-Polynesian*kalat(“thick, heavy rope”).(Thisetymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at theEtymology scriptorium.)
kawat
- wire
- > Javanese:kawat(inherited)
Affixation ofawat;hawat +ka-.
kawat
- subject,ruled
- the (subject)territory
Ultimately fromMalaykawat.
- (Sinūgan Parianun)IPA(key): /kawat/[k̠ɑˈwɑt̪̚]
- Rhymes:-at
- Syllabification:ka‧wat
kawat (Sulat Sūg spellingكَوَتْ)
- wire