lwah

Old Javanese

Etymology

Unknown, probably Proto-Mon-Khmer *ruŋ, *ruuŋ, *ruəŋ (“channel, river”)

Noun

lwah

1. river

   Synonyms: baṅawan, gaṅgā, gĕṅga, kali, kaweri, loh, lwah, nadī, prawāha, saraswat, sarit, sindhu, suṅe, suṅhe, suṅeṅ, suṅhay, suṅi

Alternative forms

• loh

Derived terms

• alwah
• aṅlwah

 

Descendants

• > Javanese: ꦭꦺꦴꦃ (loh) (inherited)
• → Balinese: ᬮᬸᬯᬄ (luah)
• → Indonesian: luah (learned)

Further reading

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