wanwa

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Old Javanese

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *banua, compare Malay benua.

Noun

wanwa

  1. village,
    Synonym: thāni
  2. settlement

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Further reading

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