wajang

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English

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch wajang, from Javanese ꦮꦪꦁ (wayang), from Old Javanese wayaṅ.

Noun

wajang (countable and uncountable, plural wajangs)

  1. Alternative form of wayang

Peranakan Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Javanese ꦮꦪꦁ (wayang), from Old Javanese wayaṅ.

Noun

wajang

  1. wayang
    Itoe kaoem Tjoe Tee Hie pandeng renda pada wajang Tionghoa jang ditjela tida abisnja sebab pake gembrengan.[1](please add an English translation of this usage example)

References

  1. ^ Kwee Hing Tjiat (1921) Doea Kapala Batoe [Two Hardheaded (Persons)] (in Peranakan Indonesian), Nauer & Dimmick, page 27