bawal

Cebuano

Etymology

Borrowed from Tagalog bawal.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbawal/ [ˈbaː.wal̪]
• Hyphenation: ba‧wal

Adjective

báwal (Badlit spelling ᜊᜏᜎ᜔)

1. forbidden; prohibited; proscribed; taboo

   Synonyms: gibaoran, gidili, ginadili, midili, nidili

Derived terms

• bawalan
• gibawalan

Central Bikol

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbawal/ [ˈba.wal̪]
• Hyphenation: ba‧wal

Adjective

báwal (plural barawal, Basahan spelling ᜊᜏᜎ᜔)

1. prohibited, forbidden

   Synonym: ngalad

Derived terms

• magbawal
• pagbawal

Indonesian

Etymology

Inherited from Malay bawal, from Javanese ꦧꦮꦭ꧀ (bawal), from Old Javanese bawal (“a certain fresh water fish”), from Proto-Mon-Khmer [Term?].

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈbawal/ [ˈba.wal]
• Rhymes: -awal
• Syllabification: ba‧wal

Noun

bawal (plural bawal-bawal)

1. pomfret (a kind of fish)

Derived terms

• bawal air tawar
• bawal laut

Further reading

• “bawal”, 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

Kapampangan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbawəl/ [ˈba.wəl]
• Hyphenation: ba‧wal

Adjective

báwal

1. Súlat Wáwâ spelling of baual

Malay

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbawal/ [ˈba.wal]
• Rhymes: -awal
• Hyphenation: ba‧wal

Etymology 1

From Javanese ꦧꦮꦭ꧀ (bawal), from Old Javanese bawal (“a certain freshwater fish”), from Proto-Mon-Khmer [Term?].

Noun

bawal (Jawi spelling باول, plural bawal-bawal)

1. pomfret (a kind of fish)

Etymology 2

Noun

bawal (Jawi spelling باول, plural bawal-bawal)

1. a kind of herb endemic to Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, and Thailand (Phyllagathis rotun­difolia)

Derived terms

• bawal bulan perak
• bawal hutan
• bawal putih

Etymology 3

Possibly a borrowing and corruption from English and French voile.

Noun

bawal (Jawi spelling باول, plural bawal-bawal)

1. (Islam) a type of square headscarf with pointy top usually worn by Southeast Asian Women

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Irregular affixed derivations, other derivations and compound words:

• tudung bawal

Further reading

• "bawal" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017
  (also see "bawal" at PRPM first version)

Tagalog

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈbawal/ [ˈbaː.wɐl]
• Rhymes: -awal
• Syllabification: ba‧wal

Adjective

bawal (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜏᜎ᜔)

1. not allowed; prohibited; forbidden

Derived terms

• bawalan
• ipagbawal
• ipinagbabawal
• kabawalan
• magbawal
• pagbabawal
• pagbawalan

See also

• bawal manigarilyo
• bawal pumarada

Further reading

• “bawal”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018

Anagrams

• labaw, balaw

Woiwurrung

Noun

bawal

1. island

See also

• ba-gerr-grip (“island”)