wwang
Old Javanese
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *uʀaŋ (“outsider”), from Proto-Austronesian *Cau. Compare Malay orang.
Noun
wwang
Alternative forms
- woṅ
- wwaṅ
Derived terms
- amwaṅ
- amwaṅi
- awwaṅ sānak
- awwaṅ-anak
- kawoṅan
- kawwaṅ-sānakan
- kawwaṅan
- makawwaṅ-sānak
- makawwaṅan
- mawwaṅ
- mawwaṅ sānak
- pawoṅan
- pawwaṅan
- winwaṅ
- winwaṅaṅ
- wwaṅ anak
- wwaṅ sānak
- wwaṅ-anakĕn
- wwaṅ-wwaṅan
Related terms
Descendants
- > Javanese: ꦧꦺꦴꦁ (bong, “attendant”), ꦮꦺꦴꦁ (wong, “man, people”) (inherited)
- → Indonesian: bong (“traditional circumcision attendant”)
- → Indonesian: wong (“human, person”)
- → Balinese: ᬯᭀᬂ (wong, “people”)
Further reading
- "wwaṅ" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.