wwang

Old Javanese

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *uʀaŋ (“outsider”). Compare Malay orang.

Noun

wwang

1. man, person, human being
2. attendant, servant

Alternative forms

• woṅ
• wwaṅ

Derived terms

• amwaṅ
• amwaṅi
• awwaṅ sānak
• awwaṅ-anak
• kawoṅan
• kawwaṅ-sānakan
• kawwaṅan
• kawwaṅan
• makawwaṅ-sānak
• makawwaṅan
• mawwaṅ
• mawwaṅ sānak
• pawoṅan
• pawwaṅan
• winwaṅ
• winwaṅaṅ
• wwaṅ anak
• wwaṅ sānak
• wwaṅ-anakĕn
• wwaṅ-wwaṅan

 

Related terms

• ṅwaṅ

 

Descendants

• Javanese: ꦧꦺꦴꦁ (bong, “attendant”), ꦮꦺꦴꦁ (wong, “man, people”)
  • → Indonesian: bong (“traditional circumcision attendant”)
  • → Indonesian: wong (“human, person”)
• → Balinese: ᬯᭀᬂ (wong, “people”)

Further reading

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