ꦮꦲꦺ

Javanese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Javanese wahu, wāhu (“just, only recently, freshly”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ma-)baqəʀu, from Proto-Austronesian *(ma-)baqəʀuh.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /wa.ʔe/
  • Rhymes: -ʔe
  • Hyphenation: wa‧é

Adverb

ꦮꦲꦺ (waé) (ngoko)

  1. just, only.

Alternative forms

  • ꦧꦲꦺ (baé)
  • ꦲꦲꦺ (aé) (Mataraman, Kediri—Madiun)

Synonyms

  • ꦏꦺꦩꦮꦺꦴꦤ꧀ (kémawon) (krama)

Further reading

  • The Linguistic Center of Yogyakarta (2011) “waé”, in Kamus Basa Jawa (Bausastra Jawa) [Javanese Language Dictionary (Javanese Dictionary)] (in Javanese), 2nd edition, Yogyakarta: Kanisius, →ISBN
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