ꦲꦱꦸ

Javanese

Javanese writing system
Carakan	ꦲꦱꦸ
Roman	asu, asoe

Etymology

Inherited from Old Javanese ꦲꦱꦸ (asu, “dog, hound”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *asu, from Proto-Austronesian *(w)asu. Compare Tagalog aso.

Noun

ꦲꦱꦸ (asu)

1. dog

   Synonyms: (ngoko) ꦲꦱꦸ (asu), (krama) ꦱꦒꦮꦺꦴꦤ꧀ (sagawon), ꦧꦲꦸꦁ (bahung), ꦕꦼꦩꦼꦫ (cemera), ꦱꦺꦴꦤ (sona)

Descendants

• → Indonesian: asu (“fuck, shit”)

References

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

• "asu" in W. J. S. Poerwadarminta, Bausastra Jawa. J. B. Wolters' Uitgevers-Maatschappij N. V. Groningen, Batavia, 1939

Old Javanese

Other scripts
Carakan	ꦲꦱꦸ
Roman	asu

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *asu, from Proto-Austronesian *(w)asu.

Noun

ꦲꦱꦸ (asu)

1. dog

References

• "ꦲꦱꦸ" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.