ꦗꦩꦸ

Javanese

Javanese writing system
Carakan	ꦗꦩꦸ
Pegon
Roman	jamu, djamoe

Etymology

Unknown, probably borrowed from Prakrit [Term?] (compare to Sindhi [script needed] (j̄amū̃), Punjabi [script needed] (jammū)), from Sanskrit जम्बु (jambu, “jambul”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒa.mu/
• Rhymes: -mu
• Hyphenation: ja‧mu

Noun

ꦗꦩꦸ (jamu)

1. (ngoko) herbal medicine especially one that is drunk

   Synonyms: (krama madya) ꦗꦩ꧀ꦥꦶ (jampi), (krama inggil) ꦭꦺꦴꦭꦺꦴꦃ (loloh)

Descendants

• Banyumasan: jamu
• → Betawi: jamu
• → English: jamu (learned)
• → Indonesian: jamu
• → Dutch: djamoe
• → Malay: jamu

References

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