wuyah

Old Javanese

Etymology

Unknown, probably from Proto-Mon-Khmer *ɓɔɔh (“salt”).

Noun

wuyah

1. salt

Alternative forms

• uyah

Derived terms

• amuyahi
• awuyah-wuyah mata
• mawuyah

 

Descendants

• > Javanese: ꦲꦸꦪꦃ (uyah) (inherited)

Further reading

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