ꦤꦮꦭ

Javanese

Alternative forms

• Carakan: ꦤꦮꦭ
• Roman: nawala, nawolo (nonstandard), nuwala

Etymology

Inherited from Old Javanese nawala (“letter”), probably related to sawala, sewala, suwala (“letter, lontar-leaf, lontar-palm”).

Noun

ꦤꦮꦭ (nawala) (kawi)

1. (literary) letter

   Synonyms: ꦭꦪꦁ (layang), ꦱꦸꦫꦠ꧀ (surat)

2. (literary) certificate

   Synonyms: sèrtipikat, partisara

Descendants

• → Indonesian: nawala

References

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