Javanese edit

Etymology edit

Affixed ꦮꦱ꧀ (was) +‎ ꦩ- (ma-).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ma.was]
  • Hyphenation: ma‧was

Verb edit

ꦩꦮꦱ꧀ (mawas)

  1. to view attentively
  2. to observe
  3. to aim

Descendants edit

  • Indonesian: mawas

Further reading edit

  • The Linguistic Center of Yogyakarta (2015) “mawas”, in Kamus Basa Jawa (Bausastra Jawa) [Javanese Language Dictionary (Javanese Dictionary)] (in Javanese), Yogyakarta: Kanisius, →ISBN