lawaṅ

Old Javanese

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lawaŋ (“door, gate, passageway”).

Noun

lawaṅ

1. door
2. gate
3. entrance

Derived terms

• alawaṅ (“door-keeper”)
• lawaṅan (“gate”)
• palawaṅ
• palawaṅan (“gate-building”)

 

Compounds

• aṅlawaṅ-lawaṅi (“to open the door for”)
• suwuk lawaṅ (“gate-keeper, gate-guardian”)

 

Descendants

• > Javanese: ꦭꦮꦁ (lawang) (inherited)