ꦮꦭꦶ

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Javanese

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /wa.li/
  • Rhymes: -li
  • Hyphenation: wa‧li

Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Malay wali, from Arabic وَلِيّ (waliyy).

Noun

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ꦮꦭꦶ (wali)

  1. custodian.
  2. guardian.
  3. apostle, saint.

Etymology 2

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Inherited from Old Javanese wali (ritual requisites; ceremonial clothes), bali (tribute, offering), from Sanskrit बलि (bali).

Noun

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ꦮꦭꦶ (wali)

  1. yellow drapery for ceremonial use
  2. small, sharp carving knife

Etymology 3

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Inherited from Old Javanese wali (again, once more), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bali (reverse, turn around), from Proto-Austronesian *baliw (return).

Adverb

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ꦮꦭꦶ (wali)

  1. repeatedly

Further reading

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