ꦮꦲꦸ

Javanese

Javanese register set
ꦏꦮꦶ (kawi): ꦮꦲꦸ (wahu), wau
ꦏꦿꦩꦲꦤ꧀ꦝꦥ꧀ (krama andhap): ꦩꦲꦸ (mahu), mau

Etymology

Inherited from Old Javanese wāhu, wahu (“just, only recently, freshly”), Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ma-)baqəʀu, from Proto-Austronesian *(ma-)baqəʀuh.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wa.u/

Adverb

ꦮꦲꦸ (wau)

1. (literary) just now; a moment ago

Further reading

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