ꦮꦶꦁꦏ

Javanese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Javanese wiṅka (“potsherd”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wɪŋ.kɔ/
• Rhymes: -kɔ
• Hyphenation: wing‧ka

Noun

ꦮꦶꦁꦏ (wingka)

1. (literal) pottery shard
2. (cooking) a cake made largely of glutinous rice and desiccated coconut, toasted and sold warm

Alternative forms

• wingko

Descendants

• → Indonesian: wingko

Further reading

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