wanwa

Old Javanese

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *banua, compare Malay benua.

Noun

wanwa

1. village,

   Synonym: thāni

2. settlement

Alternative forms

• wanua

Derived terms

• kawanwa
• kawanwan
• makawanwa
• mawanwa

 

Further reading

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