ꦏꦼꦫꦶꦱ꧀

Javanese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Javanese kĕris, kris.

Noun

ꦏꦼꦫꦶꦱ꧀ (keris)

1. keris; kris: sheathed sharp blade weapon (blades are generally wavy-edged, but there is also straight-edged). This weapon could be both dagger and sword.

Alternative forms

• ꦏꦿꦶꦱ꧀ (kris)

Derived terms

• ꦏꦼꦫꦶꦱꦤ꧀ (kerisan)
• ꦢꦶꦏꦼꦫꦶꦱꦶ (dikerisi)
• ꦢꦶꦏꦼꦫꦶꦱ꧀ (dikeris)

 

Descendants

• → Malay: keris
  • Indonesian: keris
  • → English: kris, crease, creese, creeze, crese, cress, cris, criss, crys, cryse, keris, kreese, kriss
    • → Serbo-Croatian: kris
  • → Thai: กริช (grìt)

Further reading

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