ꦥꦸꦂꦮꦏꦤ꧀ꦛꦶ

Javanese

Etymology

Compound of ꦥꦸꦂꦮ (purwa) +‎ ꦏꦤ꧀ꦛꦶ (kanthi).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pʊr.wa.kan.ʈi/
• Rhymes: -ʈi
• Hyphenation: pur‧wa‧kan‧thi

Noun

ꦥꦸꦂꦮꦏꦤ꧀ꦛꦶ (purwakanthi)

1. (literature) assonance: the repetition of similar or identical vowel sounds (though with different consonants), usually in literature or poetry.

Descendants

• → Indonesian: purwakanti

Further reading

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