wās

Old Javanese

Etymology

Unknown, probably from Proto-Mon-Khmer *waas (“(to make an) opening, (clear a) path”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /was/
  • Rhymes: -was
  • Homophone: was
  • Hyphenation: wās

Root

wās

  1. clear

Alternative forms

Derived terms
  • amahawās
  • amaswās
  • awās
  • aṅawasakĕn
  • kawas
  • paṅawas
  • paṅawasan
  • pinahawās
  • umaswās
  • umawasakĕn
  • winaswās

Descendants
  • > Javanese: ꦮꦱ꧀ (was) (inherited)

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