"lawan" meaning in Malay

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Noun

IPA: [la.wan] Audio: Ms-MY-lawan.ogg Forms: لاون [Jawi], lawan-lawan [plural]
Rhymes: -wan, -an Etymology: From Proto-Malayic *laban, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *laban (“oppose, go against someone”). Cognate with Tagalog laban and Javanese lawan. Attested in the Kota Kapur inscription, 686 AD, as Old Malay [script needed] (lavan). Etymology templates: {{inh|ms|poz-mly-pro|*laban}} Proto-Malayic *laban, {{inh|ms|poz-pro|*laban|t=oppose, go against someone}} Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *laban (“oppose, go against someone”), {{cog|tl|laban}} Tagalog laban, {{cog|jv|lawan}} Javanese lawan, {{m+|ms-old||tr=lavan}} Old Malay [script needed] (lavan) Head templates: {{ms-noun|j=لاون|ku=-|mu=-|nya=-}} lawan (Jawi spelling لاون, plural lawan-lawan)
  1. A partner. Synonyms: jodoh, pasangan
    Sense id: en-lawan-ms-noun-OY9TYp-x
  2. An equal. Synonyms: imbangan, tandingan, tara
    Sense id: en-lawan-ms-noun-68zt1bzH
  3. An opponent. Synonyms: musuh, tentangan
    Sense id: en-lawan-ms-noun-uFFmjfRx
  4. The opposite of something. Synonyms: tentangan
    Sense id: en-lawan-ms-noun-qkQ3dwft
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: lawan hukum, lawan menari, lawan politik

Verb

IPA: [la.wan] Audio: Ms-MY-lawan.ogg Forms: لاون [Jawi], melawan [active], dilawan [passive, third-person]
Rhymes: -wan, -an Etymology: From Proto-Malayic *laban, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *laban (“oppose, go against someone”). Cognate with Tagalog laban and Javanese lawan. Attested in the Kota Kapur inscription, 686 AD, as Old Malay [script needed] (lavan). Etymology templates: {{inh|ms|poz-mly-pro|*laban}} Proto-Malayic *laban, {{inh|ms|poz-pro|*laban|t=oppose, go against someone}} Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *laban (“oppose, go against someone”), {{cog|tl|laban}} Tagalog laban, {{cog|jv|lawan}} Javanese lawan, {{m+|ms-old||tr=lavan}} Old Malay [script needed] (lavan) Head templates: {{head|ms|verb|Jawi spelling|لاون|active|melawan|3rd person passive|dilawan}} lawan (Jawi spelling لاون, active melawan, 3rd person passive dilawan)
  1. (transitive) To fight, to oppose. Tags: transitive Synonyms: tentang, sangkal
    Sense id: en-lawan-ms-verb-e74PTJXl
  2. (transitive) To compare with (to be of similar quality or level). Tags: transitive Synonyms: tandingi, saingi
    Sense id: en-lawan-ms-verb-kBf4eZl-
  3. (transitive) To serve, to give one's attention to. Tags: transitive Synonyms: layan
    Sense id: en-lawan-ms-verb-r7tN8iha Categories (other): Old Sundanese entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 6 entries, Pages with entries, Malay entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Old Sundanese entries with incorrect language header: 24 0 0 3 2 2 24 9 7 2 3 2 8 16 0 0 Disambiguation of Pages with 6 entries: 35 0 0 3 2 2 35 4 3 1 1 2 3 10 0 0 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 34 0 0 2 2 2 34 3 2 1 1 2 3 15 0 0 Disambiguation of Malay entries with incorrect language header: 18 12 5 6 3 14 41

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "links": [
        [
          "compare",
          "compare"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To compare with (to be of similar quality or level)."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "tandingi"
        },
        {
          "word": "saingi"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Malay transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To serve, to give one's attention to."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "serve",
          "serve"
        ],
        [
          "give",
          "give"
        ],
        [
          "attention",
          "attention"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To serve, to give one's attention to."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "layan"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[la.wan]"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Ms-MY-lawan.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/b6/Ms-MY-lawan.ogg/Ms-MY-lawan.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b6/Ms-MY-lawan.ogg"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-wan"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-an"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Kota Kapur inscription"
  ],
  "word": "lawan"
}

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