wās

Old Javanese

Etymology

Unknown, probably from Proto-Mon-Khmer *waas (“(to make an) opening, (clear a) path”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /was/
• Rhymes: -was
• Homophone: was
• Hyphenation: wās

Root

wās

1. clear

Alternative forms

• was

Derived terms

• amahawās
• amaswās
• awās
• aṅawasakĕn
• kawas
• paṅawas
• paṅawasan
• pinahawās
• umaswās
• umawasakĕn
• winaswās

 

• waspada

 

Descendants

• > Javanese: ꦮꦱ꧀ (was) (inherited)

Further reading

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