awak.
body (of ship, etc.)
Meaning & usage
body (of ship, etc.)
crew
a Minangkabau person
the junction of the upper and lower spine
the white part on the archery target board
felled wood pieces
Where this word comes from
From Malay awak, from Classical Malay awak, from Proto-Malayic *awak, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hawak, from Proto-Austronesian *Sawak (“waist”). * Semantic loan from Minangkabau awak for sense of a Minangkabau person. * Semantic loan from Javanese ꦲꦮꦏ꧀ (awak, “body”). * Semantic loan from Batak * Semantic loan from Acehnese [Term?] (“group of people”) * Semantic loan from Kerinci [Term?] (“someone who is older, but younger than mother and father”) * Semantic loan from Lun Bawang [Term?] (“felled wood pieces”)
you
I; me
a group of people
greeting for someone who is older, but younger than mother and father
Where this word comes from
From Malay awak, from Classical Malay awak, from Proto-Malayic *awak, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hawak, from Proto-Austronesian *Sawak (“waist”). * Semantic loan from Minangkabau awak for sense of a Minangkabau person. * Semantic loan from Javanese ꦲꦮꦏ꧀ (awak, “body”). * Semantic loan from Batak * Semantic loan from Acehnese [Term?] (“group of people”) * Semantic loan from Kerinci [Term?] (“someone who is older, but younger than mother and father”) * Semantic loan from Lun Bawang [Term?] (“felled wood pieces”)
used to count ships
Berapa awak kapal?
Where this word comes from
From Malay awak, from Classical Malay awak, from Proto-Malayic *awak, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hawak, from Proto-Austronesian *Sawak (“waist”). * Semantic loan from Minangkabau awak for sense of a Minangkabau person. * Semantic loan from Javanese ꦲꦮꦏ꧀ (awak, “body”). * Semantic loan from Batak * Semantic loan from Acehnese [Term?] (“group of people”) * Semantic loan from Kerinci [Term?] (“someone who is older, but younger than mother and father”) * Semantic loan from Lun Bawang [Term?] (“felled wood pieces”)
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