wwah

Old Javanese

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buaq. Cognate with Malay buah.

Noun

wwah

1. fruit

Alternative forms

• bwah
• ꦮ꧀ꦮꦃ (wwah), ᬯ᭄ᬯᬄ (wwah)
• woh

Derived terms

• amawwahan
• apawwahan
• awwah
• pawwahan
• sawwah
• wwa-wwahan
• wwah-wwahan
• wwahan
• wwahĕn

 

• kĕbwan
• poh

 

Descendants

• Javanese: ꦮꦺꦴꦃ (woh), ꦮꦃ (wah)
• → Balinese: ᬯ᭄ᬯᬄ (woh), ᬯᭀᬄ (woh)

Further reading

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