gagaṅ

See also: gagan

Old Javanese

Etymology

Partial reduplication of gaṅ (“stalk”), probably from Proto-Mon-Khmer *tguəŋ, *guəŋ, *tgəŋ (“stalk, handle”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡa.ɡaŋ/
  • Rhymes: -ɡaŋ

Noun

gagaṅ

  1. stalk

Descendants

  • Javanese: ꦒꦒꦁ (gagang, “central stalk; stem; handle, haft, hilt, knob”)

Further reading

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