ꦮꦲꦺ

Javanese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wa.ʔe/
• Rhymes: -ʔe
• Hyphenation: wa‧é

Adverb

ꦮꦲꦺ (waé) (ngoko)

1. just, only.

Alternative forms

• ꦧꦲꦺ (baé)
• ꦲꦲꦺ (aé) (Mataraman, Kediri—Madiun)

Synonyms

• ꦏꦺꦩꦮꦺꦴꦤ꧀ (kémawon) (krama)

Further reading

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