Definition of "kawi" []

• The ancient and sacred language of Java. Also written Kavi. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "This brochure in Swahili for a wind power company seems to use the word 'kawi' quite a bit."
• "So, Swahili 'kawi' still applies? a shade of cognates seem to appear, that of arabic 'quwwah', though malay-indonesian "kuat" would be applied to mean strength."
• "In the process of researching my post on the multilingual ad and let's not slack off, people—there are words yet to be identified—kawi, bukola, yemashala..."