ꦗꦮ
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Javanese
[edit]Javanese writing system | |
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Carakan | ꦗꦮ |
Pegon | جاوا |
Roman | jawa (standard), djawa (outdated), jowo (nonstandard) |
Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Old Javanese Jawa (“Java, Javanese”), jawa (“grain”),
- From Sanskrit यव (yava, “barley, grain”).
- From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *zawa, from Proto-Austronesian *zawa (“millet”). Cognate of Javanese ꦗꦼꦮꦮꦸꦠ꧀ (jewawut, “foxtail millet”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): (Standard, Central–Eastern) /dʒɔ.wɔ/
- IPA(key): (Banyumasan) /dʒa.waʔ/
- IPA(key): (Serang) /dʒa.wə/
- (Standard) Rhymes: -wɔ
- (Banyumasan) Rhymes: -waʔ
- (Serang) Rhymes: -wə
- Hyphenation: Ja‧wa
Proper noun
[edit]ꦗꦮ (Jawa)
- Java (an island in Indonesia)
- (linguistics) Javanese: An indigenous language spoken by Javanese people.
Noun
[edit]ꦗꦮ (Jawa)
- (anthropology) Javanese: a person belonging to the Javanese people (one of the indigenous groups native to Java island).
Noun
[edit]ꦗꦮ (jawa)
- Javanese:
- indigenous, native
- the land of Javanese royals
- cultured, civilized
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Banyumasan: jawa
- → Betawi: jawa
- → Dutch: Java
- → English: Java, java (learned) (see there for further descendants)
- → French: Java
- → German: Java
- → Indonesian: Jawa, jawa
- → Japanese: ジャワ
- → Malay: Jawa, jawa
- → Polish: Jawa
- → Portuguese: Java
- → Spanish: Java
- → Swedish: Java
Further reading
[edit]- The Linguistic Center of Yogyakarta (2011) “Jawa”, in Kamus Basa Jawa (Bausastra Jawa) [Javanese Language Dictionary (Javanese Dictionary)] (in Javanese), 2nd edition, Yogyakarta: Kanisius, →ISBN
Categories:
- Javanese terms inherited from Old Javanese
- Javanese terms derived from Old Javanese
- Javanese terms derived from Sanskrit
- Javanese terms inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
- Javanese terms derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
- Javanese terms inherited from Proto-Austronesian
- Javanese terms derived from Proto-Austronesian
- Javanese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Javanese/wɔ
- Rhymes:Javanese/wɔ/2 syllables
- Rhymes:Javanese/waʔ
- Rhymes:Javanese/waʔ/2 syllables
- Rhymes:Javanese/wə
- Rhymes:Javanese/wə/2 syllables
- Javanese lemmas
- Javanese proper nouns
- jv:Islands
- jv:Places in Indonesia
- jv:Linguistics
- Javanese nouns
- jv:Anthropology
- jv:Botany
- jv:Zoology