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kawung.

sugar palm (Arenga pinnata)

6 characters2 syllables approx.Bahasa Indonesia language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈkawuŋ/Standard-Indonesian[ˈka.wʊŋ]Standard-Indonesian
  1. sugar palm (Arenga pinnata)

  2. a type of cigarette that uses dried leaves of the sugar palm as the paper

  3. a batik motif

Where this word comes from

From Malay kaung, from Javanese ꦏꦮꦸꦁ (kawung) or Sundanese kawung, from Old Javanese kawuṅ (“cloth pattern; dried leaves of sugar palm”). Doublet of kabung.

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.