nwam

Old Javanese

Etymology

Unknown, probably Proto-Mon-Khmer *kɲum (“young”).

Noun

nwam

1. youth
2. freshness
3. lightness

Adjective

nwam

1. young

Derived terms

• anom
• anwam
• kanwaman
• nom-noman

 

Descendants

• Javanese: ꦤꦺꦴꦩ꧀ (nom)

Further reading

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