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‖ sawah|ˈsɑːwa| Also 8 sawoor; sawa. [Malay.] In Malaysia and Indonesia: an irrigated rice-field.
1783,1839[see ladang]. 1937M. Covarrubias Island of Bali iv. 71 The most striking element of the Balinese landscape is the ever present ricefield, the sawa, a patch of land filled with water held by dikes cut out of the red earth. 1961P. Kemp Alms for Oblivion vii. 105 The slopes are terraced with superb skill in tier after tier of sawas, or small paddy-fields, that produce each year two crops of the finest rice in South-East Asia. 1978Times 25 Mar. 13/1 All around us were the..rice-fields. We had watched the ploughing of the water-logged sawahs. |