rowaṅ

Old Javanese

Etymology

Compound of ro (“two”) +‎ wwaṅ (“human being, man (woman), people; servant, attendant”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ro.waŋ/
• Rhymes: -waŋ
• Hyphenation: ro‧waṅ

Noun

rowaṅ

1. companion

Alternative forms

• rewaṅ

Derived terms

• arorowaṅ
• aṅrowaṅ
• aṅrowaṅi
• haywârowaṅ
• karowaṅan
• makarowaṅ
• marowaṅ
• pinakarowaṅ
• rinowaṅ
• rorowaṅ
• rumowaṅi
• sarowaṅ

 

Descendants

• > Javanese: ꦫꦺꦮꦁ (réwang) (inherited)
  • → Malay: rewang

Further reading

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