lawā

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Old Javanese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kula-la(m)baR (“bat”), from Proto-Austronesian *lawaR (“flying squirrel”). Compare to Balinese ᬮᬯᬄ (lawah, “bat”).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

lawā

  1. bat

Alternative forms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • > Javanese: ꦭꦮ (lawa) (inherited)

Further reading[edit]

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