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awak

Pronunciation: /ˈawaʔ/

“awak” is an Indonesian word. Its 11 meanings in English:

noun

  1. body (of ship, etc.)
  2. crew
  3. a Minangkabau person
  4. the junction of the upper and lower spine
  5. the white part on the archery target board
  6. felled wood pieces

classifier

  1. used to count ships

pronoun

  1. you
  2. I; me
  3. a group of people
  4. greeting for someone who is older, but younger than mother and father

Etymology

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?]…

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