lawar

Balinese

Etymology

Probably borrowed from Old Javanese lawar (“uncooked, raw”).

Noun

lawar (Balinese script ᬮᬯᬃ)

1. (cooking) dish created from a mixture of vegetables, coconut and minced meat mixed with rich herbs and spices

Indonesian

Etymology

Inherited from Malay lawar (“cuts (pieces) of meat or fish”), from Old Javanese lawar (“uncooked, raw”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈlawar/ [ˈla.war]
• Rhymes: -awar
• Syllabification: la‧war

Noun

lawar (plural lawar-lawar)

1. cuts (pieces) of meat or fish

Derived terms

• melawar

• lawar ikan

Further reading

• “lawar”, 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

Javanese

Romanization

lawar

1. romanization of ꦭꦮꦂ

Old Javanese

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /la.war/
• Rhymes: -war
• Hyphenation: la‧war

Adjective

lawar

1. raw, uncooked

Derived terms

• lawar-lawaran
• talĕs lawaran

Descendants

• > Javanese: ꦭꦮꦂ (lawar) (inherited)
• >? Balinese: ᬮᬯᬃ (lawar)
• >? Malay: lawar
  • > Indonesian: lawar (inherited)

Further reading

• "lawar" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.