waḍah

Old Javanese

Etymology

Unknown, cognate of Indonesian wadah, Malay wadah. Probably mutation of arah (“command; position, direction”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /waɖah/

Noun

waḍah

1. container, vessel

Derived terms

• awaḍah
• wawaḍah
• winaḍahan

 

Related terms

• taḍah

 

Descendants

• Javanese: ꦲꦝꦃ (adhah), ꦮꦝꦃ (wadhah)

Further reading

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