ꦮꦤ꧀ꦢꦮ

Javanese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Javanese wāndhawa, bāndhawa (“kinsman, relation; friend”), from Sanskrit बान्धव (bāndhava, “relative”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /wan.dɔ.wɔ/
  • Rhymes: -wɔ
  • Hyphenation: wan‧da‧wa

Noun

ꦮꦤ꧀ꦢꦮ (wandawa)

  1. (archaic, literary) relative: someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family.

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