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Old Javanese
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit वात (vāta, “wind, air”).
Pronunciation
Noun
wāta
- wind
- wind of the body (bāyu)
- flatulence
- gout, rheumatism
Derived terms
Descendants
- > Javanese: ꦮꦠ (wata) (inherited)
Further reading
- "wāta" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.