wenang

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Javanese ꦮꦼꦤꦁ (wenang, “to have an authority”), from Old Javanese [Term?].

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wə.naŋ/
• Rhymes: -naŋ
• Hyphenation: wênang‧mèn

Root

wênang

1. to have an authority

Derived terms

• berwenang
• kesewenang-wenangan
• kewenangan
• pewenang
• sewenang-wenang
• wewenang

Further reading

• “wenang” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Javanese

Romanization

wenang

1. Romanization of ꦮꦼꦤꦁ