twas
English
editContraction
edittwas
Old Javanese
editEtymology
editInherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *teRas (“heartwood of a tree, hard, durable core of wood; ironwood tree”). Doublet of tos (“descendant, offspring; product”).
Noun
edittwas
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editDescendants
editFurther reading
edit- "twas" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.