uwab

Javanese

Alternative forms
  • Carakan: ꦲꦸꦮꦧ꧀
  • Roman: oewab (dated), uab (misspelling), uap (misspelling), uwap (misspelling)

Etymology

From Old Javanese uwab, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ma-)huab, from Proto-Austronesian *(ma-)Suab, *(ma-)Suaw.

Noun

uwab (krama ngoko uwab)

  1. steam
    Synonym: kukus
  2. (dialectal) water vapor
    Synonym: kukus

References
  • “[ uwab]” in Bausastra Jawa, Yogyakarta: The Linguistic Center of Yogyakarta [Balai Bahasa Provinsi Yogyakarta].
  • "uwab" in Elinor Clark Horne, Javanese-English Dictionary. Yale University Press, New Haven and London, 1974

Limos Kalinga

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ma-)huab, from Proto-Austronesian *(ma-)Suab, *(ma-)Suaw.

Noun

uwáb

  1. yawn

Derived terms
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