lawan

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *laban (“beside; oppose”).

• IPA^(key): /lawan/
• Hyphenation: la‧wan

lawan (Balinese script ᬮᬯᬦ᭄)

1. adversary, opponent, rival

lawan (Balinese script ᬮᬯᬦ᭄)

1. (literary) against

• “lawan” in Balinese–Indonesian Dictionary [Kamus Bahasa Bali–Indonesia], Denpasar, Indonesia: The Linguistic Center of Bali Province [Balai Bahasa Provinsi Bali].

Borrowed from Javanese ꦭꦮꦤ꧀ (lawan, “and”), from Old Javanese lawan, lāwan (“adversary, match, opponent; with; and; moreover”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *laban (“beside; oppose”).

lawan

1. and
2. with

From Malay lawan, from Classical Malay لاون (lawan), from Proto-Malayic *laban, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *laban.

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈlawan/ [ˈla.wan]
• Rhymes: -awan
• Syllabification: la‧wan

lawan (plural lawan-lawan)

1. rival; opponent

lawan

1. to face; to be in a match against
2. to fight

• “lawan”, 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
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*laban”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

lawan

1. romanization of ꦭꦮꦤ꧀

Inherited from Proto-Malayic *laban, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *laban (“oppose, go against someone”). Cognate with Tagalog laban and Javanese lawan.

Attested in the Kota Kapur inscription, 686 AD, as Old Malay [script needed] (lavan).

• (Baku, Johor-Riau) IPA^(key): /ˈlawan/ [ˈla.wan]

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• Rhymes: -wan, -an
• Hyphenation: la‧wan

lawan (Jawi spelling لاون, plural lawan-lawan)

1. A partner, counterpart.

   Synonyms: jodoh, pasangan

2. An equal.

   Synonyms: imbangan, tandingan, tara

4. An opponent.

   Synonyms: musuh, saingan, seteru, tentangan, udu

5. The opposite of something.

   Synonym: tentangan

lawan (Jawi spelling لاون, active melawan, 3rd person passive dilawan)

1. Infinitive of melawan
   1. (ambitransitive) To fight, to oppose.

      Synonyms: tentang, sangkal

   2. (transitive) To compare with (to be of similar quality or level).

      Synonyms: tandingi, saingi

   3. (transitive) To serve, to give one's attention to.

      Synonym: layan

• > Indonesian: lawan (inherited)
• ⇒ North Moluccan Malay: malawang (through melawan)

• “lawan”, in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu [Malay Literary Reference Centre] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017
• Blust's Austronesian Comparative Dictionary — *laban

Borrowed from Javanese ꦭꦮꦤ꧀ (lawan, “and”), from Old Javanese lawan, lāwan (“adversary, match, opponent; with; and; moreover”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *laban (“beside; oppose”). Doublet of lancan

lawan

1. and
   • c. 16th century, Carita Parahiyangan:

     "Rajaputra miseuweukeun Sang Kandiawan lawan Sang Kandiawati, sida sapilanceukan."

     Rajaputra beget Sang Kandiawan and Sang Kandiawati, both are siblings.

2. with

• kalawan