Affixed wās (“clear”) + a- (“adjective forming”).
awās
- clear, having clear insight.
- bright
- > Javanese: ꦲꦮꦱ꧀ (awas) (inherited)
- >? Malay: awas
- > Indonesian: awas (inherited)
- "awās" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.