ꦧꦪ

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Javanese

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Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /bɔ.jɔ/
  • Rhymes: -jɔ
  • Hyphenation: ba‧ya

Etymology 1

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Inherited from Old Javanese bwaya, wuhaya, buhaya (crocodile), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buqaya.

Noun

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ꦧꦪ (baya)

  1. (zoology) crocodile (reptile)

Etymology 2

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Inherited from Old Javanese bhaya (fear, danger, peril; calamity), from Sanskrit भय (bhaya, danger).

Noun

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ꦧꦪ (baya)

  1. danger, hazard
Derived terms
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Etymology 3

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Adverb

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ꦧꦪ (baya)

  1. perhaps, possibly
  2. even if, even though
  3. anything

Etymology 4

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

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ꦧꦪ (baya)

  1. Alternative spelling of ꦲꦸꦧꦪ (ubaya, reciprocal promise, commitment)

References

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