# awak
## Balinese
### Romanization

awak
* Romanization of ᬳᬯᬓ᭄

## Banjarese
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *awak, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hawak, from Proto-Austronesian *Sawak (“waist”).

### Noun

awak
* (anatomy) body

### Pronoun

awak
* (Hulu) I

## Central Bontoc
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hawak, from Proto-Austronesian *Sawak (“waist”).

### Noun

awak
* (anatomy) body

## Dibabawon Manobo
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hawak, from Proto-Austronesian *Sawak (“waist”).

### Noun

awak
* (anatomy) waist

## Iban
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /awəak/
* Hyphenation: a‧wak

### Noun

awak
* opportunity
* time

### Verb

awak
* to let
* to allow

#### Derived terms

* awakka

## Indonesian
### Etymology

From Malay awak, from Classical Malay awak, from Proto-Malayic *awak, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hawak, from Proto-Austronesian *Sawak (“waist”). Semantic loan from Minangkabau awak for sense of a Minangkabau person. Semantic loan from Javanese ꦲꦮꦏ꧀ (awak, “body”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /awak/, /awaʔ/
* Rhymes: -awak, -wak, -ak, -awaʔ, -waʔ, -aʔ

### Noun

awak
* body (ship, etc)
    Synonyms: badan, tubuh
* (usually in compound) crew;
** a group of people (often staff) manning and operating a large facility or piece of equipment such as a factory, ship, boat, airplane, or spacecraft
** a person in a crew
* a Minangkabau person

#### Hyponyms

* awak darat
* awak geladak
* awak kabin
* awak kalian
* awak kapal
* awak media
* awak mesin
* awak penerbangan
* awak pesawat
* awak properti
* awak udara

#### Derived terms

* berawak
* berperawakan
* memperawak
* mengawaki
* pengawakan
* perawakan

### Classifier

awak (singular seawak)
* used to count ships
    Berapa awak kapal? ― How many ships?

### Pronoun

awak
* (dialectal) you
    Synonyms: engkau, kamu, kau
* (Medan) I; me
    Synonyms: aku, saya

### Further reading

* “awak” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

## Iriga Bicolano
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hawak, from Proto-Austronesian *Sawak (“waist”).

### Noun

awak
* (anatomy) body, torso
* corpse, cadaver
    Synonym: bangkay

## Javanese
### Romanization

awak
* Romanization of ꦲꦮꦏ꧀

## Limos Kalinga
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hawak.

### Noun

awak
* (anatomy) waist

## Lubuagan Kalinga
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hawak.

### Noun

awak
* (anatomy) waist

## Malay
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *awak, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hawak, from Proto-Austronesian *Sawak (“waist”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /awaʔ/
* Rhymes: -awaʔ, -waʔ, -aʔ
* Audio (Malaysia):(file)

### Noun

awak (Jawi spelling اوق, plural awak-awak, informal 1st possessive awakku, 2nd possessive awakmu, 3rd possessive awaknya)
* body
    Synonyms: badan, tubuh
* (usually in compounds) crew;
** A group of people (often staff) manning and operating a large facility or piece of equipment such as a factory, ship, boat, aeroplane, or spacecraft.
    Synonym: kru
** A person in a crew.

#### Derived terms

Regular affixed derivations:
* perawakan (“appearance”) [causative passive + resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (peR- + -an)
* berawak [stative / habitual] (beR-)

### Pronoun

awak (Jawi spelling اوق)
* you (singular)
    Awak ada di mana sekarang?Where are you now?

#### Usage notes

* Used with people of the same or similar age group.

#### Synonyms

* anda
* engkau
* kamu
* kau
* tuanku

#### See also
### Descendants

* Indonesian: awak

### References

* "awak" in Kamus Dewan, Fourth Edition, Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, →ISBN, 2005.
* “awak” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
* Blust's Austronesian Comparative Dictionary — *Sawak

## Mansaka
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hawak.

### Noun

awak
* (anatomy) waist

## Minangkabau
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /awaʔ/

### Noun

awak
* body
* a term for people from the same village (usually refers to fellow Minangkabau people)
    kironyo urang awak juo mah!turns out he's just like us

### Pronoun

awak
* I, me, my; first person singular
    Awak pulang lai, Kawan!I will go home first, Bro!
* we, us, our; first person plural (inclusive of the person spoken to)
    Molah awak pai!Let us go!
* we, us, our; first person plural (exclusive of the person spoken to)
    Alah dulu lo awak pai.We've already left
* you; second person singular (used in a dialogue between spouses or lovers, can be used by either men or women; in a dialogue between superior and inferior, it's used only to speak to the inferior)
    Awak kama kini?Where do you want to go now?

#### Synonyms

* (I): ambo, den
* (we (inclusive)): kito
* (we (exclusive)): kami
* (you): angkau, ang, kau

### References

* “awak” in Gérard Moussay, Dictionnaire Minangkabau Indonésien Français, Paris: Editions L'Harmattan, 1995, →ISBN.

## Southern Tidung
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hawak, from Proto-Austronesian *Sawak (“waist”).

### Noun

awak
* (anatomy) waist

## Sundanese
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hawak, from Proto-Austronesian *Sawak (“waist”).

### Noun

awak (Sundanese script ᮃᮝᮊ᮪)
* body

### Pronoun

awak (Sundanese script ᮃᮝᮊ᮪)
* (panengah) you

## Tagakaulu Kalagan
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hawak.

### Noun

awak
* (anatomy) waist

## Tagalog
### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog)
** IPA: /ʔaˈwak/ [ʔɐˈwak̚] (“overflow of large volumes of water”, noun)
*** Rhymes: -ak
** IPA: /ˈʔawak/ [ˈʔaː.wɐk̚] (“large body of water”, noun)
*** Rhymes: -awak
* Syllabification: a‧wak

### Noun

awák (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜏᜃ᜔)
* overflow or gush of large volumes of water from a container, river or a body of water
    Synonyms: buluwak, bulwak, sagalwak

#### Related terms

* alawak

### Noun

awak (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜏᜃ᜔)
* large body of water

### Further reading

* “awak”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

### Anagrams

* kawa, waak

## Tenggarong Kutai Malay
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *awak, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hawak, from Proto-Austronesian *Sawak (“waist”).

### Pronoun

awak
* you