wāh

Old Javanese

Alternative forms

• wah

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bahaq, compare Malay bah.

Noun

wāh

1. flood
2. torrent
3. overflowing

Adjective

wāh

1. abundant

Derived terms

• amah
• amah-mah
• amahakĕn
• amāhi
• awah
• awah-wahan
• kawāhan
• mawah-wah
• mawah-wahan
• mawawahan
• pamah
• pamah-mah
• winah-wah
• wināhan

 

• amah gunuṅ
• wah gunuṅ
• winah gunuṅ

 

Related terms

• umbah

 

Descendants

• > Javanese: ꦮꦃ (wah) (inherited)

Further reading

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