awai

awai

See also: Awai

Acehnese

Acehnese Spelling
EBAYD awai
Husaini
Jawoe اول

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Arabic أَوَّل (ʔawwal).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /awai̯/
  • Hyphenation: a‧wai

Adverb

awai (Jawoe spelling اول)

  1. first
    Synonym: phôn
    Soe nyang awai trôh meuteumèe pèng ― Whoever arrives first will get money.

Noun

awai (Jawoe spelling اول)

  1. beginning, origin, the start of something
    Synonym: phôn
    awai malam ― the beginning of night

Further reading

  • “awai”, in Kamus Aceh Indonesia [Acehnese-Indonesian Dictionary] (Seri K; 85), Seri 1. A-L [Volume 1. A-L] (eBook; overall work in Indonesian), Jakarta: Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa, Departemen Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan, 1985, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 40
  • “اول”, in Woordenboek der Atjehsche Taal [Dictionary of the Acehnese Language]‎[1] (overall work in Dutch), Den Haag: 's Gravenhage : Martinus Nijhoff, 1889, page 18

Japanese

Romanization

awai

  1. Rōmaji transcription of あわい
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