awang-awang

Reduplication of awang, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *awaŋ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *awaŋ (“atmosphere, space between earth and sky”).

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˌawaŋ ˈawaŋ/ [ˌa.waŋ ˈa.waŋ]
• Rhymes: -awaŋ
• Syllabification: a‧wang-a‧wang

awang-awang (plural awang-awang)

1. sky, atmosphere, space

   Synonyms: ambara, angkasa, bumantara, cakrawala, dirgantara, horizon, langit, udara

• “awang-awang”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Reduplication of awang, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *awaŋ,^[1] from the root *-waŋ (“wide-open space”).^[2] Doublet of awang and awang-awangan, also awang-gemawang.

• IPA^(key): /awaŋ awaŋ/
• Rhymes: -awaŋ, -waŋ, -aŋ

awang-awang (Jawi spelling اوڠ٢)

1. Atmosphere; airy interspace between earth and sky

• udara
• angkasa

• “awang-awang”, in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu [Malay Literary Reference Centre] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017