lāghawa

Old Javanese

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit लाघव (lāghava, “smallness; lightness (also of heart), ease, relief”).

Adjective

lāghawa

1. swift, agile
2. dextrous, versatile, skilled
3. versed, accomplished

Derived terms

• kalāghawan

 

Descendants

• > Javanese: ꦊꦒꦮ (legawa) (inherited)

Further reading

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