sawuṅ

Old Javanese

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sabuŋ (“pit two opponents against each other; cockfight”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /sa.wʊŋ/
  • Rhymes: -wʊŋ
  • Hyphenation: sa‧wung

Noun

sawuṅ

  1. gathering
  2. cock, fighting-cock
  3. cockfight

Derived terms
  • anawuṅ
  • asawuṅ-sawuṅ
  • asawuṅan
  • manawuṅ
  • masawuṅ
  • panawuṅ
  • pasawuṅ
  • sinawuṅ
  • sumawuṅ

Descendants
  • Javanese: ꦱꦮꦸꦁ (sawung)
  • → Balinese: ᬲᬯᬸᬂ (sawung)

Further reading
  • "sawuṅ" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.
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