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Banjarese
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from Javanese ꦮꦼꦭꦱ꧀ (welas, “-teen, tens”), from Old Javanese wĕlas.
Numeral
welas
- -teen (to form numbers 11 - 19, but not 18)
Indonesian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /wəˈlas/,
- Rhymes: -las
- Hyphenation: wê‧las
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Javanese ꦮꦼꦭꦱ꧀ (welas, “pity; sympathetic”), from Old Javanese wĕlas (“pity, compassion, sympathy”). Doublet of belas.
Noun
wêlas (plural welas-welas, first-person possessive welasku, second-person possessive welasmu, third-person possessive welasnya)
- clemency, pity
Derived terms
Etymology 2
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Root
wêlas
- addition
Derived terms
Further reading
Javanese
Romanization
welas
- Romanization of ꦮꦼꦭꦱ꧀
Sundanese
Romanization
welas
- Romanization of ᮝᮨᮜᮞ᮪