ꦒꦼꦫꦃ

Javanese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Javanese gĕrah, grah (“weak, powerless; painful; hot”), probably from Proto-Mon-Khmer *rah, *ruh, *ruəh, *ruuh, *rəh (“to fall, be shed”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡərah/

Noun

ꦒꦼꦫꦃ (gerah) (krama inggil)

1. ill, sick

   Synonyms: (ngoko) ꦭꦫ (lara), (krama andap) ꦱꦏꦶꦠ꧀ (sakit), (krama inggil) ꦒꦼꦫꦃ (gerah)

Descendants

• → Indonesian: gerah (“hot”)

Further reading

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