takwan

Old Javanese

Etymology

Unknown, probably affixed wan +‎ ka- +‎ ta-.

Verb

takwan

1. to ask, to question

Alternative forms

• takon
• taken

Derived terms

• atakon
• atakwan
• matakwan
• patakonakĕna
• patakwan
• patatakwanan
• taken
• takon
• tinakonan
• tinakwan
• tinakwanakĕn
• tinakwanan
• tumakonakĕn
• tumakwanakĕn
• tumakwani

 

Descendants

• Javanese: ꦠꦏꦺꦴꦤ꧀ (takon), ꦠꦏꦺꦤ꧀ (takén)

Further reading

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