ꦕꦕꦃ

Javanese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Javanese cacah (“in pieces, in shreds, cut up, covered with wounds”), probably from Proto-Mon-Khmer *cɔh, *ʔcɔh (“to peck, to strike with adze, hoe, etc.”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃa.t͡ʃah/
• Rhymes: -t͡ʃah
• Hyphenation: ca‧cah

Noun

ꦕꦕꦃ (cacah)

1. amount, number
2. census

Derived terms

• ꦏꦕꦕꦲꦏꦺ (kacacahaké)
• ꦕꦕꦲꦺ (cacahé)
• ꦕꦶꦤꦕꦲꦏꦺ (cinacahaké)
• ꦤꦕꦲꦏꦺ (nacahaké)

 

• ꦕꦕꦃꦗꦶꦮ (cacah jiwa)

 

Descendants

• → Indonesian: cacah (semantic loan)

Further reading

• “cacah” in Javanese-Indonesian Dictionary [Kamus Bahasa Jawa-Indonesia], Yogyakarta, Indonesia: The Linguistic Center of Yogyakarta Special [Balai Bahasa Provinsi Daerah Istimewa Yogyakarta], 2023.