wagu

Borrowed from Javanese ꦮꦒꦸ (wagu, “too big; inflexible; awkward, clumsy, odd”), from Old Javanese wagu (“clumsy, misshapen”).

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈwaɡu/ [ˈwa.ɡu]
• Rhymes: -aɡu
• Syllabification: wa‧gu

wagu (comparative lebih wagu, superlative paling wagu)

1. (chiefly Java) inflexible, stiff, rigid

   Synonym: kaku

2. (chiefly Java) simplistic

   Synonyms: bersahaja, lugas

• “wagu” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

wagu

1. romanization of ꦮꦒꦸ

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• IPA^(key): /wa.ɡu/
• Rhymes: -ɡu
• Hyphenation: wa‧gu

wagu

1. clumsy, misshapen

• > Javanese: ꦮꦒꦸ (wagu) (inherited)
  • → Indonesian: wagu

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