lawā

Old Javanese

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kula-la(m)baR (“bat”), from Proto-Austronesian *lawaR (“flying squirrel”). Compare to Balinese ᬮᬯᬄ (lawah, “bat”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /la.wa/
• Rhymes: -wa
• Homophone: lawa
• Hyphenation: la‧wā

Noun

lawā

1. bat

Alternative forms

• lalawah
• lalawā
• lawah
• lawā

 

Descendants

• > Javanese: ꦭꦮ (lawa) (inherited)

Further reading

• "lawā" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.