sawan

sawan

See also: Sawan

Cebuano

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: sa‧wan

Noun

sawan

  1. phobia

Cree

Noun

sawan (Syllabics ᓴᐗᓐ / ᓴᐘᐣ)

  1. plains

Old English

Etymology

    From Proto-West Germanic *sāan (to sow).

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈsɑː.wɑn/

    Verb

    sāwan

    1. to sow (seed, etc.) (literally or figuratively)
      • c. 990, Wessex Gospels, Mark 4:3
        Ūt ēode sē sǣdere his sǣd tō sāwenne.
        Out went the sower to sow his seed.
      • late 10th century, Ælfric, "On the Greater Litany"
        Ac sē swicola fēond sǣwþ unġeþwǣrnesse betweox mancynne þurh mislīċe intingan ...
        But the guileful fiend sows division among mankind through diverse causes ...

    Conjugation

    Derived terms

    Descendants

    • Middle English: sowen

    Tausug

    Etymology

    Borrowed from Malay cawan, from Mandarin 茶碗 (cháwǎn, “teacup”).

    Pronunciation

    • (Sinūgan Parianun) IPA(key): /sawan/ [saˈwɑn̪]
    • Rhymes: -an
    • Syllabification: sa‧wan

    Noun

    sawan (Sulat Sūg spelling سَوَنْ)

    1. cup (usually made of glass)
      Synonym: basu
      Tuwangan pa sawan in kahawa.
      Pour the coffee into the cups.

    See also

    West Makian

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈs̪a.wan̪/

    Noun

    sawan

    1. place, spot

    References

    • Clemens Voorhoeve (1982), The Makian languages and their neighbours[1], Pacific linguistics

    Yakan

    From Tausug sawan, from Malay cawan, from Mandarin 茶碗 (cháwǎn, “teacup”).

    Noun

    sawan

    1. glass (for drinking)