Javanese

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Etymology

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Affixed ꦮꦱ꧀ (was) +‎ ꦩ- (ma-).

Pronunciation

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

Verb

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ꦩꦮꦱ꧀ (mawas)

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

Descendants

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  • Indonesian: mawas

Further reading

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