wāta

Old Javanese

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit वात (vāta, “wind, air”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /wa.ta/
  • Rhymes: -ta
  • Homophones: wāta, waṭa
  • Hyphenation: wā‧ta

Noun

wāta

  1. wind
  2. wind of the body (bāyu)
  3. flatulence
  4. gout, rheumatism

Derived terms

  • paruṣawāta

Descendants

  • > Javanese: ꦮꦠ (wata) (inherited)

Further reading

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