welas

Banjarese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Javanese ꦮꦼꦭꦱ꧀ (welas, “-teen, tens”), from Old Javanese wĕlas.

Numeral

welas

  1. -teen (to form numbers 11 - 19, but not 18)

Indonesian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /wəˈlas/, [wəˈlas]
  • Rhymes: -las
  • Hyphenation: wê‧las

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Javanese ꦮꦼꦭꦱ꧀ (welas, “pity; sympathetic”), from Old Javanese wĕlas (“pity, compassion, sympathy”). Doublet of belas.

Noun

wêlas (plural welas-welas)

  1. clemency, pity
Derived terms
  • welas asih

Etymology 2

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Root

wêlas

  1. addition
Derived terms
  • welasan

Further reading

Javanese

Romanization

welas

  1. romanization of ꦮꦼꦭꦱ꧀

Sundanese

Etymology 1

From Old Sundanese wĕlas.

Numeral

welas (Sundanese script ᮝᮨᮜᮞ᮪)

  1. -teen (to form numbers 11 - 19)
Derived terms
  • dalapan welas
  • dua welas
  • genep welas
  • lima welas
  • opat welas
  • salapan welas
  • sawelas
  • tilu welas
  • tujuh welas
  • welasan

Etymology 2

From Old Sundanese wĕlas.

Noun

welas (Sundanese script ᮝᮨᮜᮞ᮪)

  1. pity
    Synonym: karunya

Further reading

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