wāhu

Old Javanese

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ma-)baqəʀu, from Proto-Austronesian *(ma-)baqəʀuh.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /wa.hu/
  • Rhymes: -hu
  • Homophone: wahu
  • Hyphenation: wā‧hu

Adverb

wāhu

  1. just
  2. only recently
  3. freshly

Alternative forms

Derived terms

  • amahoni
  • amahwa-mahwani
  • amahwani
  • awahwa-wahwan
  • kawahwan
  • mahu
  • wahu-wahu
  • wahu-wahun
  • wawahu
  • wawahunĕn
  • winahwa-wahwan
  • winahwakĕn
  • winahwan

Descendants

  • > Javanese: ꦮꦲꦸ (wau) (inherited)
  • ⇒ Javanese: ꦮꦲꦺ (waé), ꦧꦲꦺ (baé), ꦲꦲꦺ (aé)

Further reading

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