ꦏꦫ

Javanese

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Javanese kara.

Noun

ꦏꦫ (kara)

1. (botany) hyacinth bean, lablab-bean, bonavist bean, bonavist pea, dolichos bean, seim, sem bean, lablab bean, Egyptian kidney bean, Indian bean, Australian pea; Lablab purpureus.

Descendants

• → Indonesian: kara

Etymology 2

Inherited from Old Javanese kara (“hand; finger; ray of light, beam”), from Sanskrit कर (kara, “finger”), कृ (kṛ, “to make”).

Noun

ꦏꦫ (kara)

1. (archaic) hand
2. (archaic) finger
3. (archaic) trunk

Further reading

• The Linguistic Center of Yogyakarta (2011) “kara”, in Kamus Basa Jawa (Bausastra Jawa) [Javanese Language Dictionary (Javanese Dictionary)] (in Javanese), 2nd edition, Yogyakarta: Kanisius, →ISBN