ꦗꦮ

Javanese

Javanese writing system
Carakan	ꦗꦮ
Roman	jawa (standard), djawa (outdated), jowo (nonstandard)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Javanese jawa (“grain”)

• From Sanskrit यव (yava, “barley, grain”).
• From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *zawa, from Proto-Austronesian *zawa (“millet”). Cognate of Javanese ꦗꦼꦮꦮꦸꦠ꧀ (jewawut, “foxtail millet”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Standard) /dʒɔ.wɔ/
• IPA^(key): (Banyumasan) /dʒa.waʔ/
• (Standard) Rhymes: -wɔ
• (Banyumasan) Rhymes: -waʔ
• Hyphenation: Ja‧wa

Proper noun

ꦗꦮ (Jawa)

1. Java (an island in Indonesia)
2. (linguistics) Javanese: An indigenous language spoken by Javanese people.

Noun

ꦗꦮ (Jawa)

1. (anthropology) Javanese: a person belonging to the Javanese people (one of the indigenous groups native to Java island).

Noun

ꦗꦮ (jawa)

1. Javanese:
   1. (botany) barley
   2. (botany) coffee (a blend of coffee imported from Java island)
   3. (botany) grain
   4. (botany) millet
   5. (botany) tamarind
   6. (zoology) Javanese cat
   7. (zoology) Javan hawk-eagle
   8. (zoology) Javan tiger
   9. (zoology) Javan leopard
   10. (zoology) Javan rhinoceros
2. indigenous, native
3. the land of Javanese royals
4. cultured, civilized

Derived terms

• ꦏꦼꦗꦮꦤ꧀ (kejawan)
• ꦏꦼꦗꦮꦺꦤ꧀ (kejawèn)
• ꦔꦗꦮ (ngajawa)
• ꦗꦮꦤ꧀ (jawan)
• ꦚ꧀ꦗꦮꦏꦏꦺ (njawakaké)
• ꦚ꧀ꦗꦮꦤꦶ (njawani)
• ꦲꦗꦮ (ajawa)

 

Related terms

• ꦗꦮꦶ (jawi)

 

Descendants

• Banyumasan: jawa
• → Betawi: jawa
• → English: java (learned)
• → Indonesian: jawa
• → Malay: jawa

Further reading

• The Linguistic Center of Yogyakarta (2015) “Jawa”, in Kamus Basa Jawa (Bausastra Jawa) [Javanese Language Dictionary (Javanese Dictionary)] (in Javanese), Yogyakarta: Kanisius, →ISBN