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Awan

Awan

See also: awan, awaŋ, and ą́wąn

English

Proper noun

Awan

  1. (religion) The daughter of Adam and Eve in the Book of Jubilees.
    Awan got married to her brother Cain.

awan

awan

See also: Awan, awaŋ, and ą́wąn

Abenaki

Noun

awan

  1. air

References

  • Joseph Laurent, New Familiar Abenakis and English Dialogues (1884)

Central Melanau

Etymology

rom Proto-North Sarawak *awan, from Proto-Western Malayo-Polynesian *hawan.

Noun

awan

  1. cloud (visible mass of water droplets suspended in the air)

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay awan, from Proto-Malayic *awan, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *awan, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *awan, from Proto-Sunda-Sulawesi *awan, from Proto-Western Malayo-Polynesian *hawan.

Noun

awan

  1. cloud (visible mass of water droplets suspended in the air)

Synonyms


Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *awan, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *awan, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *awan, from Proto-Sunda-Sulawesi *awan, from Proto-Western Malayo-Polynesian *hawan.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /awan/
  • Rhymes: -awan, -wan, -an

Noun

awan (Jawi spelling اون)

  1. cloud (visible mass of water droplets suspended in the air)

Synonyms


Quechua

Verb

awan

  1. third-person singular present indicative of away