Manggih katerangan soal WAAS dina kamus bule antik, A Dictionary of The Sunda Language of Java, (Jonathan Rigg 1862) waas dihartikeun
"said when a pleasurable feeling is caused by seeing some one or something which reminds us of what we ourselves possess, but which, for the moment, is out of our reach. A happy or pleasing remembrance or emotion regarding something which we do not at the moment see (as see a woman's gown causes sentimental emotions).
