ꦒꦸꦤ

Javanese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Javanese guṇa (“quality, property; good quality, virtue, excellence, accomplishment, skill; use, employment; magic”), from Sanskrit गुण (guṇa, “single thread of a cord; -fold, times; subdivision, species, kind, quality, attribute, property; constituent of Prakṛti; property or characteristic of all created things”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡu.nɔ/
• Rhymes: -nɔ
• Hyphenation: gu‧na

Noun

ꦒꦸꦤ (guna) (ngoko)

1. use
2. usefulness
3. benefit

Synonyms

• ꦒꦶꦤ (gina) (krama)

Derived terms

• ꦏꦒꦸꦤꦤ꧀ (kagunan)
• ꦔ꧀ꦒꦸꦤꦏꦏꦺ (nggunakaké)

 

Root

ꦒꦸꦤ (guna)

1. spell

Derived terms

• ꦔ꧀ꦒꦸꦤꦤꦶ (nggunani)

 

Related terms

• ꦩꦤ꧀ꦢꦿꦒꦸꦤ (mandraguna)

 

Further reading

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