kawi

See also: Kawi

Balinese

Romanization

kawi

1. Romanization of ᬓᬯᬶ

Barngarla

Noun

kawi

1. Obsolete spelling of gabi.

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.wi/

Noun

kawi m (uncountable)

1. Old Javanese (language)

   Synonym: vieux javanais

Further reading

• “kawi”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkawi]
• Hyphenation: ka‧wi

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Javanese ꦏꦮꦶ (kawi), from Old Javanese kawi (“poet”), from Sanskrit कवि (kavi).

Noun

kawi (plural kawi-kawi)

1. Old Javanese:
   1. The oldest attested form of Javanese language spoken up to the thirteenth century.
   2. The oldest and most extensive written language of Southeast Asia (chiefly, in terms of written records, and the most extensive in the number and variety of its texts).
2. (Java) poet, author.

   Synonyms: pengarang, pujangga

Related terms

• kakawin
• makakawin

 

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic قَوِي (qawī, “strong”).

Adjective

kawi

1. strong.

   Synonyms: kuat, kukuh, sakti

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Buginese ᨀᨓᨗ (kawi).

Verb

kawi

1. (Bugis) traditional Buginese tie or binding technique.

Further reading

• “kawi” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Javanese

Romanization

kawi

1. Romanization of ꦏꦮꦶ

Karao

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kami, from Proto-Austronesian *kami.

Pronoun

kawi

1. we; us (exclusive of the person spoken to)

Old Javanese

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit कवि (kavi, “poet”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.wi/
• Rhymes: -wi
• Hyphenation: ka‧wi

Noun

kawi

1. poet

Derived terms

• akakawin
• aṅawi
• kakawin
• prakawi

 

• anāgatakawi
• candana kawi
• kawi mambaṅ
• kawi nagara
• kawi rājya
• kawi taruṇa
• kawi wiku
• kawi śūnya
• kawīndra rājya
• mahākawi
• para kawi
• puru kawi
• rājyakawi
• sarwakawi
• sutra kawi

 

Descendants

• Javanese: ꦏꦮꦶ (kawi, “Old Javanese; poet”)
• → Balinese: ᬓᬯᬶ (kawi, “Old Javanese”)

Further reading

• "kawi" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

Swahili

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

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Noun

kawi class IX (plural kawi class X)

1. energy

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• caui, cavy — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /kaˈwiʔ/ [kɐˈwiʔ]
• Rhymes: -iʔ
• Syllabification: ka‧wi

Noun

kawî (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜏᜒ) (obsolete)

1. revealing of an accomplice more than what is necessary

Derived terms

• kawiin
• kumawi
• magkawi
• makawi
• mangkawi

 

Etymology 2

Possibly from Javanese ꦏꦮꦶ (kawi, “poet”), from Old Javanese kawi (“poet”), from Sanskrit कवि (kavi, “poet”). Compare Indonesian kawi.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈkawiʔ/ [ˈkaː.wɪʔ]
• Rhymes: -awiʔ
• Syllabification: ka‧wi

Noun

kawì (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜏᜒ) (obsolete)

1. jargon (for two people especially when they do not want to be understood by others)

   Synonyms: balbal, islang, salitang malabo, takitaki, tigbuhol

   Kawian mo siyang pakiusapan.

   Talk to him using jargons.

Usage notes

• Fr. Domingo de los Santos (1835) gave several examples of kawi in usage, such as gonco for kugon, sapu for pusa, soa for aso, bigtu for tubig, saang drengpacotaba for ang sa padreng tabako, golin for Linggo, drope for Pedro, and onng̃aylis na for ngayon nalis (past tense of malis, archaic alternative form of umalis).

Derived terms

• ikawi
• kawian
• kawiin
• magkawi

 

See also

• bangkiwi

 

Further reading

• “kawi”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Noceda, Fr. Juan José de, Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves‎^[1] (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier
• Santos, Fr. Domingo de los (1835) Tomas Oliva, editor, Vocabulario de la lengua tagala: primera, y segunda parte.‎^[2] (in Spanish), La imprenta nueva de D. Jose Maria Dayot
• San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero‎^[3], La Noble Villa de Pila, page 375: “Ierigonça) Cavy (pp) deſtos es de palabras bueltas”

Anagrams

• iwak, ikaw, wika

Unami

Verb

kawi (third plural indicative kawiyòk, third singular present indicative absentative kawiyo, initial change kè-, reduplication këk-, initial change and reduplication kèhk-) (animate intransitive)

1. (animate, intransitive) to sleep

Conjugation

Present Indicative conjugation of kawi

kawi
1st person singular	nkawi
2nd person singular	kawi
3rd person singular	kawi
1st person plural inclusive	kawihëna
1st person plural exclusive	nkawihëna
2nd person plural	kawihëmo
3rd person plural	kawiyòk
indefinite subject	kawink
obviative	kawiyo

Future conjugation of kawi

kawi
1st person singular	nkawìch or xu nkawi
2nd person singular	kawìch or xu kawi
3rd person singular	kawìch or xu kawi
1st person plural inclusive	nkawihënàch or xu nkawihëna
1st person plural exclusive	kawihënàch or xu kawihëna
2nd person plural	kawihëmòch or xu kawihëmo
3rd person plural	kawiyòkch or xu kawiyòk

Preterite Indicative conjugation of kawi

kawi
1st person singular	nkawip
2nd person singular	kawip
3rd person singular	kawip
1st person plural inclusive	kawihënàp
1st person plural exclusive	nkawihënàp
2nd person plural	kawihëmup
3rd person plural	kawipanik

Plain Conjunct conjugation of kawi

kawi
1st person singular	kawia
2nd person singular	kawiàn
3rd person singular	kawit
1st person plural inclusive	kawiànkw
1st person plural exclusive	kawiènk
2nd person plural	kawièkw
3rd person plural	kawihtit

Changed Conjunct conjugation of kawi

kawi
1st person singular	kèwia
2nd person singular	kèwiàn
3rd person singular	kèwit
1st person plural inclusive	kèwiànkw
1st person plural exclusive	kèwiènkw
2nd person plural	kèwièkw
3rd person plural	kèwihtit

Plain Subjunctive conjugation of kawi

kawi
1st person singular	kawiane
2nd person singular	kawiàne
3rd person singular	kawite
1st person plural inclusive	kawiànke
1st person plural exclusive	kawiènkwe
2nd person plural	kawièkwe
3rd person plural	kawihtite

Plain Subjunctive Preterite conjugation of kawi

kawi
1st person singular	kawiantpàne
2nd person singular	kawiàntpàne
3rd person singular	kawitpàne
1st person plural inclusive	kawiànkwpàne
1st person plural exclusive	kawiènkpàne
2nd person plural	kawièkwpane
3rd person plural	kawihtitpane

Changed Subjunctive conjugation of kawi

kawi
1st person singular	kèwiane
2nd person singular	kèwiàne
3rd person singular	kèwite
1st person plural inclusive	kèwiànkwe
1st person plural exclusive	kèwiènkwe
2nd person plural	kèwièkwe
3rd person plural	kèwihtite

Subordinative conjugation of kawi

kawi
1st person singular	nkawin
2nd person singular	kawin
3rd person singular	kawin
1st person plural inclusive	kawinèn
1st person plural exclusive	nkawinèn
2nd person plural	kawinèyo
3rd person plural	kawinèyo

Imperative

kawi	Imperative
2nd person singular	kawi
2nd person plural	kawikw
1st person plural	kawitàm

Derived terms

• kèhkawink
• kèhkawihink
• kawëhe
• kawënhe

References

• Rementer, Jim with Pearson, Bruce L. (2005) “kawi”, in Leneaux, Grant, Whritenour, Raymond, editors, The Lenape Talking Dictionary, The Lenape Language Preservation Project