bwat

• bwèt

From French boîte (“box”).

• IPA^(key): /bwat/

bwat

1. box

From French boîte.

bwat

1. box
2. can, tin

• Baker, Philip & Hookoomsing, Vinesh Y. 1987. Dictionnaire de créole mauricien. Morisyen – English – Français

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bəʀəqat. Doublet of bot and wrat.

bwat

1. weight, heaviness
2. burden
3. severity
4. force
5. intensity
6. violence

• Javanese: ꦧꦺꦴꦠ꧀ (bot)

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buhat. Doublet of bot and wwat.

bwat

1. way of being made
2. what is made
   1. product,
   2. building
   3. construction
3. what is done
   1. ceremonies
   2. festivities,
   3. performances

bwat

1. naturally
2. expectedly

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

bwat

1. emphatic particle: come! well then!

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

From French boîte.

bwat

1. box
2. can, tin

• Danielle D’Offay et Guy Lionnet, Diksyonner Kreol - Franse / Dictionnaire Créole Seychellois - Français