ꦮꦗ

Javanese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Javanese waja (“tooth; steel; point, blade”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wɔ.d͡ʒɔ/
• Rhymes: -d͡ʒɔ
• Hyphenation: wa‧ja

Noun

ꦮꦗ (waja)

1. (ngoko) steel

   Synonym: (krama) ꦠꦺꦴꦱꦤ꧀ (tosan)

2. (krama inggil) tooth

   Synonym: (ngoko) ꦲꦸꦤ꧀ꦠꦸ (untu)

Descendants

• → Indonesian: baja (semantic loan)

Further reading

• The Linguistic Center of Yogyakarta (2011) “waja”, in Kamus Basa Jawa (Bausastra Jawa) [Javanese Language Dictionary (Javanese Dictionary)] (in Javanese), 2nd edition, Yogyakarta: Kanisius, →ISBN