sawang

sawang

1. doorway

• IPA^(key): /sawaŋ/
• Rhymes: -awaŋ, -waŋ, -aŋ

Probably from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sawaŋ (“atmosphere, distance”), from the root *-waŋ (“wide-open space”).^[1] Doublet of tawang and awang-awang.

sawang (Jawi spelling ساوڠ, plural sawang-sawang, informal 1st possessive sawangku, 2nd possessive sawangmu, 3rd possessive sawangnya)

1. Airy interspace between earth and sky

• angkasa
• udara

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sawang (Jawi spelling ساوڠ, plural sawang-sawang, informal 1st possessive sawangku, 2nd possessive sawangmu, 3rd possessive sawangnya)

1. anything dirty that can be found on a ceiling (e.g. spider web, etc.)
2. cobweb

• “sawang” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Probably from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sawaŋ (“atmosphere, distance”), from the root *-waŋ (“wide-open space”).^[1]

sawang

1. Wide and open forest

From Malay sawan, possibly through North Moluccan Malay.

• IPA^(key): [sa.ˈwaŋ]

sawang

1. an illness variously characterized by convulsions, epilepsy, seizures

sawang

1. (stative) to be confused

• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

sawang

1. town proper