waton

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈwaton/ [ˈwa.t̪ɔn]
• Rhymes: -aton
• Syllabification: wa‧ton

waton (plural waton-waton)

1. alternative form of watan

Ultimately from Old Javanese waton, watwan (“edge, border; principle, model, rule, basis, fundament”). Doublet of batuan and beton.

• Borrowed from Javanese waton
• Borrowed from Balinese waton

waton (plural waton-waton)

1. edge or side (of a bedstead).
2. (music) wooden clamps on pelewah gamelan

• “waton”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016