ꦭꦶꦏꦸꦂ

Javanese

Javanese writing system
Carakan	ꦭꦶꦏꦸꦂ
Pegon	ليكور
Roman	likur

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *likud (“back”).

• Usage for numbering after twenty hypothetically comes from the total number of fingers in the human body, so the meaning of "back" means "return to the start of the count".
  • The oldest written usage of this word recorded on Old Javanese text Kakawin Brahmandapurana chapter 174:14 which used pitu likur for 27 (twenty seven).

Numeral

ꦭꦶꦏꦸꦂ (likur)

1. -tween (to form numbers 21 - 29, except 25)