ꦏꦸꦮꦸ

Javanese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Javanese kuwu (“dwelling, housing, quarter, lodging; encampment, tent; residence; administrative division under a kuwu, akuwu; leader of such administrative division”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kubu (“field hut in the rice fields”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ku.wu/
• Rhymes: -wu
• Hyphenation: ku‧wu

Noun

ꦏꦸꦮꦸ (kuwu)

1. village head
2. village messenger

Descendants

• → Indonesian: kuwu (“village head”)

Verb

ꦏꦸꦮꦸ (kuwu)

1. to camp

Derived terms

• ꦥꦏꦸꦮꦺꦴꦤ꧀ (pakuwon)
• ꦲꦏꦸꦮꦸ (akuwu)

 

Further reading

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