rowaṅ

Old Javanese

Etymology

Compound of ro (“two”) +‎ wwaṅ (“human being, man (woman), people; servant, attendant”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ro.waŋ/
  • Rhymes: -waŋ
  • Hyphenation: ro‧waṅ

Noun

rowaṅ

  1. companion

Alternative forms
  • rewaṅ

Derived terms
  • arorowaṅ
  • aṅrowaṅ
  • aṅrowaṅi
  • haywârowaṅ
  • karowaṅan
  • makarowaṅ
  • marowaṅ
  • pinakarowaṅ
  • rinowaṅ
  • rorowaṅ
  • rumowaṅi
  • sarowaṅ

Descendants
  • > Javanese: ꦫꦺꦮꦁ (réwang) (inherited)
    • → Malay: rewang

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