ᮝᮓᮔ

Sundanese

Etymology

From Javanese ꦮꦼꦢꦤ (wedana), ꦮꦢꦤ (wadana), from Old Javanese wadana (“face; chief, head”), from Sanskrit वदन (vadana, “mouth, face”).

Noun

ᮝᮓᮔ • (wadana)

1. (dated, government) head of an administrative district; wedana

   ᮙᮨᮔᮊ᮪ ᮊᮤ ᮙᮞ᮪ ᮒᮔᮥ, ᮔᮥ ᮏᮓᮤ ᮝᮓᮔ

   Menak Ki Mas Tanu, nu jadi wadana

   The nobleman Ki Mas Tanu, who became a wedana

Derived terms

• kawadanan

 

References

• Coolsma, S (1913) Soendaneesch-Hollandsch Woordenboek (in Dutch), Leiden: A.W. Sijthoff's Uitgeversmaatschappij