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Javanese
Etymology
Inherited from Old Javanese waja (“tooth; steel; point, blade”).
Pronunciation
Noun
ꦮꦗ (waja)
- (ngoko) steel
- Synonym: (krama) ꦠꦺꦴꦱꦤ꧀ (tosan)
- (krama inggil) tooth
- Synonym: (ngoko) ꦲꦸꦤ꧀ꦠꦸ (untu)
Descendants
- → Indonesian: baja (semantic loan)
Further reading
- The Linguistic Center of Yogyakarta (2011) “waja”, in Kamus Basa Jawa (Bausastra Jawa) [Javanese Language Dictionary (Javanese Dictionary)] (in Javanese), 2nd edition, Yogyakarta: Kanisius, →ISBN