Cebuano

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Etymology 1

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Inherited from Proto-Philippine *dáwat. Compare Malay jawat (to hold).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈdawat/ [ˈd̪a.wɐt̪]
  • Hyphenation: da‧wat

Verb Root

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dáwat

  1. to take, receive
  2. to accept
  3. to gather tuba

Derived terms

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Etymology 2

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /daˈwat/ [d̪ɐˈwat̪]
  • Hyphenation: da‧wat

Noun

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dawát

  1. any of several crab species:
    1. the flower crab (Portunus pelagicus)
    2. the mangrove swimming crab (Thalamita crenata)
    3. Thalamita danae

Further reading

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  • John U. Wolff (1972), A dictionary of Cebuano Visayan[2] (overall work in Cebuano and English), Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press

Hiligaynon

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Verb

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dáwat

  1. to accept, to receive

Verb

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dawát

  1. to regain one's appetite

Indonesian

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Alternative forms

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  • dakwat (nonstandard Indonesian, Standard Malay)

Etymology

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From Malay dakwat, dawat (Standard Malay dakwat, Malaccan Creole Malay dawat), from Classical Malay دعوت (dakwat), دعوت (dawat), from Arabic دَوَاة (dawāh, inkstand, inkwell). Influenced by Dutch inkt.[1]

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Noun

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dawat (plural dawat-dawat)

  1. (archaic) ink
    Synonym: tinta

References

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  1. ^ Erwina Burhanuddin; Abdul Gaffar Ruskhan; R.B. Chrismanto (1993), Penelitian kosakata bahasa Arab dalam bahasa Indonesia [Research on Arabic vocabulary in Indonesian]‎[1], Jakarta: Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa, Departemen Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan, →ISBN, →OCLC

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Lower Sorbian

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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dawat

  1. supine of dawaś

Malaccan Creole Malay

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Etymology

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From Inherited from Malay dakwat, dawat (Standard Malay dakwat, Indonesian dawat), from Classical Malay دعوت (dakwat), دعوت (dawat), from Arabic دَوَاة (dawāh, inkstand, inkwell).

Noun

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dawat

  1. ink

Maranao

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Malay dawat, from Arabic دَوَاة (dawāh, inkstand, inkwell).

Noun

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dawat

  1. ink

Derived terms

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References

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  • Howard P. McKaughan, Batua A. Macaraya (1967), A Maranao Dictionary[3] (overall work in Maranao and English), University of Hawaii Press

Minangkabau

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Noun

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dawat

  1. ink

Sambali

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Noun

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dawat

  1. request

Tarifit

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Verb

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dawat (Tifinagh spelling ⴷⴰⵡⴰⵜ)

  1. masculine plural aorist imperative of dawa