amwaṅ

Old Javanese

Etymology

Affixed (m)aN- +‎ wwang (“human, people; servant, attendant”).

Verb

amwaṅ

1. to take care
2. to foster
3. to kindle
4. to guard
5. to look after
6. to tend

Alternative forms

• amoṅ

Descendants

• Javanese: ꦲꦩꦺꦴꦁ (among, “to take care, to handle, to protect”)

Further reading

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