wwang
Old Javanese
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *uʀaŋ (“outsider”). Compare Malay orang.
Noun
editwwang
Alternative forms
editDerived terms
editRelated terms
editDescendants
edit- Javanese: ꦧꦺꦴꦁ (bong, “attendant”), ꦮꦺꦴꦁ (wong, “man, people”)
- → Javanese: bong (“traditional circumcision attendant”)
- → Indonesian: wong (“human, person”)
- → Balinese: ᬯᭀᬂ (wong, “people”)
Further reading
edit- "wwaṅ" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.