ꦠꦸꦮ

Javanese

Alternative forms

• Carakan: ꦠꦸꦮ, ꦠꦸꦲ
• Roman: tuwa, toeha (dated, literary), toewa (dated), tua (nonstandard), tuha (literary), tuo (nonstandard), tuwo (nonstandard)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Javanese tuha, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ma-)tuqah.

Pronunciation

• (Standard, Central) IPA^(key): /tu.wɔ/
• (Standard, Central) Rhymes: -wɔ
• Hyphenation: tu‧wa

Adjective

ꦠꦸꦮ (tuwa) (ngoko)

1. old

   Antonym: ꦤꦺꦴꦩ꧀ (nom)

2. (of fruit) ripe

   Synonyms: ꦢꦭꦸ (dalu), ꦩꦠꦼꦁ (mateng)

   Antonyms: ꦩꦼꦤ꧀ꦠꦃ (mentah), ꦤꦺꦴꦩ꧀ (nom)

3. (of drink) boiling

   Synonym: ꦲꦸꦩꦺꦴꦧ꧀ (umob)

4. (of color) blackish

   Antonym: ꦤꦺꦴꦩ꧀ (nom)

5. (of roof) less slanting

   Antonym: ꦤꦺꦴꦩ꧀ (nom)

6. (of date) of second half of a month

   Antonym: ꦤꦺꦴꦩ꧀ (nom)

7. (of spiritual knowledge) of completeness

Synonyms

• ꦠꦸꦮꦺꦏ꧀ (tuwèk) (dialectal Mataraman)
• ꦱꦼꦥꦸꦃ (sepuh) (krama)

Derived terms

• ꦏꦩꦶꦠꦸꦮ (kamituwa)
• ꦩꦫꦠꦸꦮ (maratuwa)

Descendants

• → Peranakan Indonesian: toewa

References

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