luṅhā

Old Javanese

Etymology

Unknown, probably from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *luqaR (“outside, wide open spaces; loose”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: luṅ‧hā

Verb

luṅhā

1. to go away
2. to go by,
3. to pass (time)

Alternative forms

• luṅa, lunga

Derived terms

• aṅluṅhāni
• kaluṅhā
• kaluṅhā-luṅhā
• linuṅhan
• linuṅhākĕn
• lumuṅhākĕn

Descendants

• > Javanese: ꦭꦸꦔ (lunga) (inherited)
• → Balinese: ᬮᬸᬗ (lunga)

Further reading

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