wadwa

Javanese

Romanization

wadwa

1. Romanization of ꦮꦢ꧀ꦮ

Old Javanese

Etymology

From Sanskrit बद्व (badva, “large number”).

Noun

wadwa

1. subject,
2. follower,
3. troops

Alternative forms

• wado
• wadwā
• wadya

 

Derived terms

• makawadwa
• mawadwa
• wadon
• wadwan

 

Descendants

• > Javanese: ꦮꦢ꧀ꦮ (wadwa), ꦮꦢꦸ (wadu) (inherited)
• → Balinese: ᬯᬥᬹ (wadu, “female”)

Further reading

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