ṅwaṅ

Old Javanese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Unknown, probably affixed wwang (“man, person, human being; attendant, servant”) +‎ (m)aN-. Probably cognate of Khmer ខ្ញុំ (khñom, “I, my, me”, literally “servant, slave”) and Khmer ញោម (ñoom, “you, your”).

Pronoun

ṅwaṅ

  1. I, my, me (first person personal pronoun)

Descendants

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