ꦫꦸꦥ

Javanese

Alternative forms

• Carakan: ꦫꦸꦥ
• Roman: rupa, roepa (dated), rupo (nonstandard)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Javanese rūpa (“outward appearance or colour, form, shape, figure; grace, beauty; material form”), from Sanskrit रूप (rūpa, “outward appearance or colour, form, shape, figure”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ru.pɔ/
• Rhymes: -pɔ
• Hyphenation: ru‧pa

Noun

ꦫꦸꦥ (rupa) (ngoko)

1. appearance
2. form, shape

   Synonyms: ꦝꦥꦸꦂ (dhapur), ꦮꦸꦗꦸꦢ꧀ (wujud)

3. color

   Synonym: ꦮꦂꦤ (warna)

4. type, kind

   Synonyms: ꦧꦁꦱ (bangsa), ꦗꦶꦤꦶꦱ꧀ (jinis)

5. (colloquial) face

   Synonyms: ꦝꦥꦸꦂ (dhapur), ꦫꦲꦶ (rai)

Synonyms

• ꦮꦂꦤꦶ (warni) (krama)
• ꦮꦂꦤ (warna) (krama inggil)

Derived terms

• ꦉꦫꦸꦥꦤ꧀ (rerupan)
• ꦔꦿꦸꦥꦏꦏꦺ (ngrupakaké)
• ꦫꦸꦥꦫꦸꦥ (rupa-rupa)
• ꦱꦫꦸꦥ (sarupa)
• ꦱꦫꦸꦥꦤꦺ (sarupané)

 

References

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