wawan

Javanese

Etymology

Unknown (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wa.wan/
• Rhymes: -wan
• Hyphenation: wa‧wan

Noun

wawan

1. opponent

Derived terms

• wawan gunem
• wawan padu

Further reading

• “wawan”, in Javanese-Indonesian Dictionary [Kamus Bahasa Jawa-Indonesia] (in Indonesian), Yogyakarta, Indonesia: The Linguistic Center of Yogyakarta Special [Balai Bahasa Provinsi Daerah Istimewa Yogyakarta], 2023.

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *wāan, from Proto-Germanic *wēaną, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wḗh₁ti, from *h₂weh₁-. Cognate with Old Saxon wāian and Gothic 𐍅𐌰𐌹𐌰𐌽 (waian), and more distantly with Old Church Slavonic вѣꙗти (vějati), Ancient Greek ἄημι (áēmi) and Sanskrit वाति (vāti).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwɑː.wɑn/

Verb

wāwan

1. to blow, be moved by the wind
   • Exeter Book, riddle 40

     hnesċre iċ eom micle halsrefēþre,
     sēo hēr on winde wǣweð on lyfte.

     I am much softer than down feathers
     which are blown about by the wind in the air.

Conjugation

Conjugation of wāwan (strong, class VII)

infinitive	wāwan	wāwenne
indicative mood	present tense	past tense
first person singular	wāwe	wēow
second person singular	wǣwst	wēowe
third person singular	wǣwþ, wǣweþ	wēow
plural	wāwaþ	wēowon
subjunctive	present tense	past tense
singular	wāwe	wēowe
plural	wāwen	wēowen
imperative
singular	wāw
plural	wāwaþ
participle	present	past
	wāwende	(ġe)wāwen

References

• Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “wāwan”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

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Etymology

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Adjective

wawan

1. only