ṅwaṅ

Old Javanese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Unknown, probably affixed wwang (“man, person, human being; attendant, servant”) +‎ (m)aN-. Probably cognate of Khmer ខ្ញុំ (khñom, “I, my, me”, literally “servant, slave”) and Khmer ញោម (ñoom, “you, your”).

Pronoun

ṅwaṅ

  1. I, my, me (first person personal pronoun)

Descendants

  • Javanese: ꦲꦺꦚꦺꦴꦁ (ènyong), ꦲꦶꦚꦺꦴꦁ (inyong)

Further reading

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