ꦧꦽꦩ꧀

Javanese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Javanese brĕm (“a kind of alcoholic drink”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /brəm/

Noun

ꦧꦽꦩ꧀ (brem)

1. alcoholic beverage
2. sediment from the fermented juice of black sticky rice

Descendants

• → Indonesian: brem
• → Malay: beram
  • > Indonesian: beram (inherited)

Further reading

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