awās

Old Javanese

Etymology

Affixed wās (“clear”) +‎ a- (“adjective forming”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /a.was/
  • Rhymes: -was
  • Hyphenation: a‧wās

Adjective

awās

  1. clear, having clear insight.
  2. bright

Descendants
  • > Javanese: ꦲꦮꦱ꧀ (awas) (inherited)
  • >? Malay: awas
    • > Indonesian: awas (inherited)

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