lwah

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Old Javanese

Etymology

Unknown, probably Proto-Mon-Khmer *ruŋ, *ruuŋ, *ruəŋ (channel, river)

Noun

lwah

  1. river
    Synonyms: baṅawan, gaṅgā, gĕṅga, kali, kaweri, loh, lwah, nadī, prawāha, saraswat, sarit, sindhu, suṅe, suṅhe, suṅeṅ, suṅhay, suṅi

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Derived terms

Descendants

  • > Javanese: ꦭꦺꦴꦃ (loh) (inherited)
  • Balinese: ᬮᬸᬯᬄ (luah)
  • Indonesian: luah (learned)

Further reading

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