overwordExplorer
INDONESIAN · A WORD WITH POSSIBILITIES

lawang.

door, gate

6 characters2 syllables approx.Bahasa Indonesia language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈlawaŋ/Standard-Indonesian[ˈla.waŋ]Standard-Indonesian
  1. door, gate

Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Javanese ꦭꦮꦁ (lawang), from Old Javanese lawaṅ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lawaŋ (“door, gate, passageway”).

noun/ˈlawaŋ/Standard-Indonesian[ˈla.waŋ]Standard-Indonesian
  1. hurricane, tornado

    dialectal
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Kamang [Term?]

noun/ˈlawaŋ/Standard-Indonesian[ˈla.waŋ]Standard-Indonesian
  1. shortbarbel pangasius (Pseudolais micronemus)

    dialectal
Where this word comes from

Unknown

noun/ˈlawaŋ/Standard-Indonesian[ˈla.waŋ]Standard-Indonesian
  1. cinnamon, Cinnamomum

    dialectal
  2. nutmeg skin (which has been dried) is used as a spice

    dialectal
Where this word comes from

From Sanskrit लवङ्ग (lavaṅga, “clove”), from Old Malay *lawang (“Cinnamomum culitlawan”) or another related Malayo-Polynesian language.

FROM WORD TO NAME

Try it on your idea.

lawang has 6 characters. Say it out loud, try it alongside a description of your project, and see whether its meaning fits what you want to create.

lawang studiolawang workshello, lawang

These are naming prompts. Meanings and pronunciation can vary; existing brand and domain uses have not been checked.

Explore the name generator

A word with a source.

Definitions, grammatical labels, IPA, etymology and examples: Wiktionary contributors, extracted by Kaikki / Wiktextract. Adapted under CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected fields and authored examples are shown; third-party quotations and audio are omitted. See contributor history.

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