wanda

wanda

1. Romanization of ᬯᬦ᭄ᬤ

Is likely from a wangaaybuwan word which is an adjective ‘ugly looking’ and the name of a creature that might be called a ‘devildevil’. Fluent YG speakers adapted words instinctively, but now similar word production and use will only occur if there is careful analysis.

• IPA^(key): /vanda/

wanda

1. white man
2. ghost
3. spirit

• 2015 Ma Gamilaraay
• 2014 Giacon J Thesis Grammar YG

 

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Borrowed from Javanese ꦮꦤ꧀ꦢ (wanda).

• IPA^(key): /ˈwan.da/
• Rhymes: -da, -a
• Hyphenation: wan‧da

wanda (plural wanda-wanda, first-person possessive wandaku, second-person possessive wandamu, third-person possessive wandanya)

1. (art, drama) form, shape (in wayang)
2. (linguistics) syllable

   Synonyms: silabel, suku kata

3. physiognomy

   Synonym: fisiognomi

• “wanda” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

wanda

1. Romanization of ꦮꦤ꧀ꦢ

From Proto-Germanic *hwandê.

wanda

1. for, because

wanda

1. because

• Middle Dutch: want
  • Dutch: want

• “wanda”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012
• Dr. Tack P, Proeve van Oudnederfrankische Grammatica, 84.