wāhu

Old Javanese

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ma-)baqəʀu, from Proto-Austronesian *(ma-)baqəʀuh.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wa.hu/
• Rhymes: -hu
• Homophone: wahu
• Hyphenation: wā‧hu

Adverb

wāhu

1. just
2. only recently
3. freshly

Alternative forms

• wahu

Derived terms

• amahoni
• amahwa-mahwani
• amahwani
• awahwa-wahwan
• kawahwan
• mahu
• wahu-wahu
• wahu-wahun
• wawahu
• wawahunĕn
• winahwa-wahwan
• winahwakĕn
• winahwan

 

Descendants

• > Javanese: ꦮꦲꦸ (wau) (inherited)
• ⇒ Javanese: ꦮꦲꦺ (waé), ꦧꦲꦺ (baé), ꦲꦲꦺ (aé)

Further reading

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