Javanese

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Etymology

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Reduplication of ꦮꦱ꧀ (was, to look at).

Pronunciation

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

Verb

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ꦮꦮꦱ꧀ (wawas)

  1. to view attentively

Descendants

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  • Indonesian: wawas

Further reading

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