ꦮꦗ

Javanese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Javanese waja (“tooth; steel; point, blade”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /wɔ.d͡ʒɔ/
  • Rhymes: -d͡ʒɔ
  • Hyphenation: wa‧ja

Noun

ꦮꦗ (waja)

  1. (ngoko) steel
    Synonym: (krama) ꦠꦺꦴꦱꦤ꧀ (tosan)
  2. (krama inggil) tooth
    Synonym: (ngoko) ꦲꦸꦤ꧀ꦠꦸ (untu)

Descendants
  • → Indonesian: baja (semantic loan)

Further reading
  • The Linguistic Center of Yogyakarta (2015) “waja”, in Kamus Basa Jawa (Bausastra Jawa) [Javanese Language Dictionary (Javanese Dictionary)] (in Javanese), Yogyakarta: Kanisius, →ISBN
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