wanda

Borrowed from Javanese ꦮꦤ꧀ꦢ (wanda, “syllable”).

• IPA^(key): /wandə/
• Hyphenation: wan‧da

wanda (Balinese script ᬯᬦ᭄ᬤ)

1. (linguistics) syllable

• “wanda” in Balinese–Indonesian Dictionary [Kamus Bahasa Bali–Indonesia], Denpasar, Indonesia: The Linguistic Center of Bali Province [Balai Bahasa Provinsi Bali].

Is likely from a wangaaybuwan word which is an adjective ‘ugly looking’ and the name of a creature that might be called a ‘devildevil’. Fluent YG speakers adapted words instinctively, but now similar word production and use will only occur if there is careful analysis.

• IPA^(key): /vanda/

wanda

1. white man
2. ghost
3. spirit

• 2015 Ma Gamilaraay
• 2014 Giacon J Thesis Grammar YG

Borrowed from Javanese ꦮꦤ꧀ꦢ (wanda).

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈwanda/ [ˈwan.da]
• Rhymes: -anda
• Syllabification: wan‧da

wanda (plural wanda-wanda)

1. (art, drama) form, shape (in wayang)

   Synonym: rupa

2. (linguistics, rare) syllable

   Synonym: suku kata

3. physiognomy

   Synonym: fisiognomi

• “wanda” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

wanda

1. romanization of ꦮꦤ꧀ꦢ

From Proto-Germanic *hwandê.

wanda

1. for, because
   • c. 900 CE, Die altmittel- und altniederfränkischen Psalmen und Glossen [The Old Middle and Old Low Franconian psalms and glosses]:

     In ne kēre antsceine thīn fan cnapin thīnin wanda ic gewītenot wirthon sniumo gihōri mī

     And hide not thy face from thy servant; for I am in trouble: hear me speedily. (Psalms 69:17; KJV)

wanda

1. because

• Middle Dutch: want
  • Dutch: want

• “wanda”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012
• Dr. Tack P, Proeve van Oudnederfrankische Grammatica, 84.

• IPA^(key): /ˈwɑn.dɑ/

wanda

1. singular imperative of wandian

• (Lesser Poland):
  • (Przemyśl) IPA^(key): [ˈvan.da]

wanda f

1. (Przemyśl) alternative form of wanna (“bathtub”)

• Aleksander Saloni (1899) “wanda”, in “Lud wiejski w okolicy Przeworska”, in M. Arct, E. Lubowski, editors, Wisła : miesięcznik gieograficzno-etnograficzny (in Polish), volume 13, Warsaw: Artur Gruszecki, page 246)