# kawi
## Balinese
### Romanization

kawi
* Romanization of ᬓᬯᬶ

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### Noun

kawi
* Obsolete spelling of gabi.

## French
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ka.wi/

### Noun

kawi m (uncountable)
* Old Javanese (language)
    Synonym: vieux javanais

### Further reading

* “kawi”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

## Indonesian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈkawi]
* Hyphenation: ka‧wi

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Javanese ꦏꦮꦶ (kawi), from Old Javanese kawi (“poet”), from Sanskrit कवि (kavi).

#### Noun

kawi (plural kawi-kawi)
* []Old Javanese:
** the oldest attested form of Javanese language spoken up to the thirteenth century
** the oldest and most extensive written language of Southeast Asia (chiefly, in terms of written records, and the most extensive in the number and variety of its texts)
* (Java) poet, author
    Synonyms: pengarang, pujangga

##### Related terms

* kakawin
* makakawin

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic قَوِي (qawī, “strong”).

#### Adjective

kawi
* strong
    Synonyms: kuat, kukuh, sakti

### Etymology 3

Borrowed from Buginese ᨀᨓᨗ (kawi).

#### Verb

kawi
* (Bugis) traditional Buginese tie or binding technique

### Further reading

* “kawi” 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.

## Javanese
### Romanization

kawi
* Romanization of ꦏꦮꦶ

## Karao
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kami, from Proto-Austronesian *kami.

### Pronoun

kawi
* we; us (exclusive of the person spoken to)

## Old Javanese
### Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit कवि (kavi, “poet”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ka.wi/
* Rhymes: -wi
* Hyphenation: ka‧wi

### Noun

kawi
* poet

#### Derived terms

* akakawin
* aṅawi
* kakawin
* prakawi
* anāgatakawi
* candana kawi
* kawi mambaṅ
* kawi nagara
* kawi rājya
* kawi taruṇa
* kawi wiku
* kawi śūnya
* kawīndra rājya
* mahākawi
* para kawi
* puru kawi
* rājyakawi
* sarwakawi
* sutra kawi

#### Descendants

* Javanese: ꦏꦮꦶ (kawi, “Old Javanese; poet”)
* → Balinese: ᬓᬯᬶ (kawi, “Old Javanese”)

### Further reading

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

## Swahili
### Pronunciation

* Audio (Kenya):(file)

### Noun

kawi class IX (plural kawi class X)
* energy

## Tagalog
### Alternative forms

* caui, cavy — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling

### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /kaˈwiʔ/ [kɐˈwiʔ]
* Rhymes: -iʔ
* Syllabification: ka‧wi

#### Noun

kawî (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜏᜒ) (obsolete)
* revealing of an accomplice more than what is necessary

##### Derived terms

* kawiin
* kumawi
* magkawi
* makawi
* mangkawi

### Etymology 2

Possibly from Javanese ꦏꦮꦶ (kawi, “poet”), from Old Javanese kawi (“poet”), from Sanskrit कवि (kavi, “poet”). Compare Indonesian kawi.

#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ˈkawiʔ/ [ˈkaː.wɪʔ]
* Rhymes: -awiʔ
* Syllabification: ka‧wi

#### Noun

kawì (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜏᜒ) (obsolete)
* jargon (for two people especially when they do not want to be understood by others)
    Synonyms: balbal, islang, salitang malabo, takitaki, tigbuhol
    Kawian mo siyang pakiusapan.Talk to him using jargons.

##### Usage notes

* Fr. Domingo de los Santos (1835) gave several examples of kawi in usage, such as gonco for kugon, sapu for pusa, soa for aso, bigtu for tubig, saang drengpacotaba for ang sa padreng tabako, golin for Linggo, drope for Pedro, and onng̃aylis na for ngayon nalis (past tense of malis, archaic alternative form of umalis).

##### Derived terms

* ikawi
* kawian
* kawiin
* magkawi

##### See also

* bangkiwi

### Further reading

* “kawi”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
* Noceda, Fr. Juan José de, Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves‎ (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier
* Santos, Fr. Domingo de los (1835) Tomas Oliva, editor, Vocabulario de la lengua tagala: primera, y segunda parte.‎ (in Spanish), La imprenta nueva de D. Jose Maria Dayot
* San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero‎, La Noble Villa de Pila, page 375: “Ierigonça) Cavy (pp) deſtos es de palabras bueltas”

### Anagrams

* iwak, ikaw, wika

## Unami
### Verb

kawi (third plural indicative kawiyòk, third singular present indicative absentative kawiyo, initial change kè-, reduplication këk-, initial change and reduplication kèhk-) (animate intransitive)
* (animate, intransitive) to sleep

#### Conjugation

| kawi | |
| 1st person singular | nkawi |
| 2nd person singular | kawi |
| 3rd person singular | kawi |
| 1st person plural inclusive | kawihëna |
| 1st person plural exclusive | nkawihëna |
| 2nd person plural | kawihëmo |
| 3rd person plural | kawiyòk |
| indefinite subject | kawink |
| obviative | kawiyo |
| kawi | |
| 1st person singular | nkawìch or xu nkawi |
| 2nd person singular | kawìch or xu kawi |
| 3rd person singular | kawìch or xu kawi |
| 1st person plural inclusive | nkawihënàch or xu nkawihëna |
| 1st person plural exclusive | kawihënàch or xu kawihëna |
| 2nd person plural | kawihëmòch or xu kawihëmo |
| 3rd person plural | kawiyòkch or xu kawiyòk |
| kawi | |
| 1st person singular | nkawip |
| 2nd person singular | kawip |
| 3rd person singular | kawip |
| 1st person plural inclusive | kawihënàp |
| 1st person plural exclusive | nkawihënàp |
| 2nd person plural | kawihëmup |
| 3rd person plural | kawipanik |
| kawi | |
| 1st person singular | kawia |
| 2nd person singular | kawiàn |
| 3rd person singular | kawit |
| 1st person plural inclusive | kawiànkw |
| 1st person plural exclusive | kawiènk |
| 2nd person plural | kawièkw |
| 3rd person plural | kawihtit |
| kawi | |
| 1st person singular | kèwia |
| 2nd person singular | kèwiàn |
| 3rd person singular | kèwit |
| 1st person plural inclusive | kèwiànkw |
| 1st person plural exclusive | kèwiènkw |
| 2nd person plural | kèwièkw |
| 3rd person plural | kèwihtit |
| kawi | |
| 1st person singular | kawiane |
| 2nd person singular | kawiàne |
| 3rd person singular | kawite |
| 1st person plural inclusive | kawiànke |
| 1st person plural exclusive | kawiènkwe |
| 2nd person plural | kawièkwe |
| 3rd person plural | kawihtite |
| kawi | |
| 1st person singular | kawiantpàne |
| 2nd person singular | kawiàntpàne |
| 3rd person singular | kawitpàne |
| 1st person plural inclusive | kawiànkwpàne |
| 1st person plural exclusive | kawiènkpàne |
| 2nd person plural | kawièkwpane |
| 3rd person plural | kawihtitpane |
| kawi | |
| 1st person singular | kèwiane |
| 2nd person singular | kèwiàne |
| 3rd person singular | kèwite |
| 1st person plural inclusive | kèwiànkwe |
| 1st person plural exclusive | kèwiènkwe |
| 2nd person plural | kèwièkwe |
| 3rd person plural | kèwihtite |
| kawi | |
| 1st person singular | nkawin |
| 2nd person singular | kawin |
| 3rd person singular | kawin |
| 1st person plural inclusive | kawinèn |
| 1st person plural exclusive | nkawinèn |
| 2nd person plural | kawinèyo |
| 3rd person plural | kawinèyo |
| kawi | Imperative |
| 2nd person singular | kawi |
| 2nd person plural | kawikw |
| 1st person plural | kawitàm |

#### Derived terms

* kèhkawink
* kèhkawihink
* kawëhe
* kawënhe

### References

* Rementer, Jim with Pearson, Bruce L. (2005) “kawi”, in Leneaux, Grant, Whritenour, Raymond, editors, The Lenape Talking Dictionary, The Lenape Language Preservation Project