wwang

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Old Javanese

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *uʀaŋ (“outsider”). Compare Malay orang.

Noun

wwang

  1. man, person, human being
  2. attendant, servant

Alternative forms

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Javanese: ꦧꦺꦴꦁ (bong, “attendant”), ꦮꦺꦴꦁ (wong, “man, people”)
    • → Indonesian: bong (“traditional circumcision attendant”)
    • → Indonesian: wong (“human, person”)
  • → Balinese: ᬯᭀᬂ (wong, “people”)

Further reading

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