ꦮꦶꦤ꧀ꦢꦸ

Javanese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Javanese windu (“drop; moon; zero; ten, a period of ten years”), from Sanskrit विन्दु (vindu), a variant of बिन्दु (bindu, “drop, point”).

Noun

ꦮꦶꦤ꧀ꦢꦸ (windu)

1. period of eight (Javanese) years

Descendants

• → Indonesian: windu (“eight years”)

Further reading

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