sawang

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

sawang

1. a large hole

sawang

1. doorway

• (Baku, Johor-Riau) IPA^(key): /ˈsawaŋ/ [ˈsa.waŋ]
• Rhymes: -awaŋ, -aŋ
• Hyphenation: sa‧wang

Probably from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sawaŋ (“atmosphere, distance”), from the root *-waŋ (“wide-open space”).^[1] Doublet of tawang and awang-awang.

sawang (Jawi spelling ساوڠ, plural sawang-sawang)

1. Airy interspace between earth and sky

   Synonyms: angkasa, udara

2. (obsolete) strait

   Synonym: selat

3. (obsolete) nearshore, shallow waters near the coast

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

sawang (Jawi spelling ساوڠ, plural sawang-sawang)

1. cobweb
2. anything dirty that can be found on a ceiling (e.g. spider web, etc.)

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

sawang (Jawi spelling ساوڠ, plural sawang-sawang)

1. a plant that can be made into a medicine for tinea

• Pijnappel, Jan (1875), “ساوڠ sawang”, in Maleisch-Hollandsch woordenboek, John Enschede en Zonen, Frederik Muller, page 18
• Wilkinson, Richard James (1901), “ساوڠ sawang”, in A Malay-English dictionary, Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, page 366
• Wilkinson, Richard James (1932), “sawang”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume II, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, page 394

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

Probably from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sawaŋ (“atmosphere, distance”), from the root *-waŋ (“wide-open space”).^[1]

sawang

1. Wide and open forest

From Malay sawan, possibly through North Moluccan Malay.

• IPA^(key): [sa.ˈwaŋ]

sawang

1. an illness variously characterized by convulsions, epilepsy, seizures

sawang

1. (stative) to be confused

• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001), A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

sawang

1. town proper