kelawar

Indonesian

Noun

kelawar

1. alternative form of kelelawar

Malay

Alternative forms

• kelelawar

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kəˈlawar/ [kəˈla.war]
• Rhymes: -awa(r), -wa(r), -a(r)

Etymology 1

From kelelawar by haplology, from Proto-Malayic, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kula-la(m)baʀ. Possibly related to Proto-Austronesian *lawaʀ (“flying squirrel”).

Noun

kelawar (Jawi spelling کلاور, plural kelawar-kelawar or kelawar²)

1. bat

Hyponyms

Type of bats

• kelawar buah (“fruit bat”)
• kelawar buas (“false vampire bat”)
• kelawar buluh (“bamboo bat”)
• kelawar hidung laras (“tube-nosed bat”)
• kelawar hutan (“woolly bat”)
• kelawar jari panjang (“bent-winged bat”)
• kelawar ladam (“horseshoe bat”)
• kelawar ladam bulat (“roundleaf bat”)
• kelawar teng-teng (“shealth-tailed bat”)

Etymology 2

Phono-semantic matching of Dutch klaveren.

Noun

kelawar (Jawi spelling کلاور, plural kelawar-kelawar or kelawar²)

1. (card games) clubs

See also

Suits in Malay · daun terup (layout · text)
lekuk, pangkah	ciduk, daiman, retin	sekopong, sped	kelawar

Further reading

• "kelawar" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017