sawuṅ

Old Javanese

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sabuŋ (“pit two opponents against each other; cockfight”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sa.wʊŋ/
• Rhymes: -wʊŋ
• Hyphenation: sa‧wung

Noun

sawuṅ

1. gathering
2. cock, fighting-cock
3. cockfight

Derived terms

• anawuṅ
• asawuṅ-sawuṅ
• asawuṅan
• manawuṅ
• masawuṅ
• panawuṅ
• pasawuṅ
• sinawuṅ
• sumawuṅ

Descendants

• Javanese: ꦱꦮꦸꦁ (sawung)
• → Balinese: ᬲᬯᬸᬂ (sawung)

Further reading

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