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Old Javanese
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sabuŋ (“pit two opponents against each other; cockfight”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sa.wʊŋ/
- Rhymes: -wʊŋ
- Hyphenation: sa‧wung
Noun
sawuṅ
- gathering
- cock, fighting-cock
- cockfight
Derived terms
Descendants
Further reading
- "sawuṅ" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.