wadwa

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Javanese

Romanization

wadwa

  1. Romanization of ꦮꦢ꧀ꦮ

Old Javanese

Etymology

From Sanskrit बद्व (badva, “large number”).

Noun

wadwa

  1. subject,
  2. follower,
  3. troops

Alternative forms

Derived terms

Descendants

  • > Javanese: ꦮꦢ꧀ꦮ (wadwa), ꦮꦢꦸ (wadu) (inherited)
  • → Balinese: ᬯᬥᬹ (wadu, “female”)

Further reading

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