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.