ꦒꦮꦺ

Javanese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Javanese gawe, gaway, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *gaway (“occupation”).

Verb

ꦒꦮꦺ (gawé)

  1. to work, to do
  2. to cause, to make
  3. to trouble, to disturb, to stir up, to agitate

Derived terms

  • ꦒꦮꦺꦲꦤ꧀ (gawéhan)
  • ꦔ꧀ꦒꦮꦺ (nggawé)
  • ꦢꦶꦒꦮꦺꦒꦮꦺ (digawé-gawé)
  • ꦢꦶꦥꦁꦒꦮꦺ (dipanggawé)
  • ꦢꦶꦩꦒꦮꦺꦏꦏꦺ (dimagawèkaké)
  • ꦢꦶꦩꦼꦒꦮꦺꦏꦏꦺ (dimegawèkaké)
  • ꦥꦁꦒꦮꦺ (panggawé)
  • ꦥꦁꦒꦮꦺꦲꦤ꧀ (panggawéhan)
  • ꦥꦒꦮꦺꦲꦤ꧀ (pagawéhan)
  • ꦩꦒꦮꦺ (magawé)
  • ꦩꦼꦂꦒꦮꦺ (mergawé)
  • ꦩꦼꦒꦮꦺ (megawé)
  • ꦒꦮꦺꦒꦮꦺ (gawé-gawé)
  • ꦢꦢꦶꦒꦮꦺ (dadi gawé)
  • ꦢꦸꦮꦺꦒꦮꦺ (duwé gawé)
  • ꦲꦢꦺꦴꦭ꧀ꦒꦮꦺ (adol gawé)
  • ꦲꦺꦴꦭꦺꦃꦒꦮꦺ (olèh gawé)

Descendants

  • → Indonesian: gawai
  • → Malay: gawai

Further reading

  • The Linguistic Center of Yogyakarta (2011) “gawé”, in Kamus Basa Jawa (Bausastra Jawa) [Javanese Language Dictionary (Javanese Dictionary)] (in Javanese), 2nd edition, Yogyakarta: Kanisius, →ISBN
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