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Old Javanese
Etymology
Affixed (m)aN- + wwang (“human, people; servant, attendant”).
Verb
amwaṅ
- to take care
- to foster
- to kindle
- to guard
- to look after
- to tend
Descendants
- Javanese: ꦲꦩꦺꦴꦁ (among, “to take care, to handle, to protect”)
Further reading
- "amwaṅ" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.