ꦏꦏ

Javanese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔ.kɔ/
• Rhymes: -kɔ
• Hyphenation: ka‧ka

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Javanese kaka (“elder brother or sister; female attendant”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kaka, from Proto-Austronesian *kaka.

Noun

ꦏꦏ (kaka)

1. (literary) older brother

   Synonyms: ꦏꦏ꧀ (kak), (literary) ꦏꦏ (kaka), (ngoko) ꦏꦏꦁ (kakang), (literary) ꦏꦏꦁꦩꦱ꧀ (kakangmas), ꦏꦩꦱ꧀ (kamas), ꦏꦁꦩꦱ꧀ (kangmas), ꦩꦱ꧀ (mas), (krama inggil) ꦫꦏ (raka)

Etymology 2

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

Noun

ꦏꦏ (kaka)

1. crow, raven

Further reading

• “kaka” in Javanese-Indonesian Dictionary [Kamus Bahasa Jawa-Indonesia], Yogyakarta, Indonesia: The Linguistic Center of Yogyakarta Special [Balai Bahasa Provinsi Daerah Istimewa Yogyakarta], 2023.
• The Linguistic Center of Yogyakarta (2011) “kaka”, in Kamus Basa Jawa (Bausastra Jawa) [Javanese Language Dictionary (Javanese Dictionary)] (in Javanese), 2nd edition, Yogyakarta: Kanisius, →ISBN

• Lien Sutini, Desie Natalia, Nani Darheni, Umi Kulsum, Devyanti Asmalasari (2022) Kamus Indonesia-Sunda-Cerbon [Indonesian-Sundanese-Cirebonese Dictionary]‎^[1] (in Indonesian), Bandung: Balai Bahasa Provinsi Jawa Barat