bengawan

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Javanese bengawan.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bə.ŋa.wan/
  • Rhymes: -awan, -wan, -an

Noun

bengawan (plural bengawan-bengawan, first-person possessive bengawanku, second-person possessive bengawanmu, third-person possessive bengawannya)

  1. river (large stream which drains a landmass)
    Bengawan Soloname of longest river in Jawa island
  2. (literary) swamp

Synonyms


Malay

bengawan

Etymology

Borrowed from Javanese bengawan.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bə.ŋa.wan/
  • Rhymes: -awan, -wan, -an

Noun

bengawan (Jawi spelling بڠاون, plural bengawan-bengawan, informal first-person singular possessive bengawanku, impolite second-person singular possessive bengawanmu, third-person singular possessive bengawannya)

  1. river (large stream which drains a landmass)

Synonyms

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