watas
Central Dusun
Noun
watas
Indonesian
Etymology
Borrowed from Javanese ꦮꦠꦼꦱ꧀ (wates, “border”), from Old Javanese watĕs (“border, end”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *batəs. Doublet of batas.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈwatas/
- Hyphenation: wa‧tas
Noun
watas (plural watas-watas)
Derived terms
- mewatasi
- pewatas
Further reading
- “watas” 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.