ꦮꦺꦴꦤ꧀ꦠꦼꦤ꧀

Javanese

Alternative forms

• ꦮꦺꦤ꧀ꦠꦼꦤ꧀ (wènten) — Serang, palace language
• ꦲꦺꦤ꧀ꦠꦼꦤ꧀ (ènten) — dialectal

Etymology

Inherited from Old Javanese wontĕn, wĕntĕn, wwantĕn (“there is (are); here is”), wwaya, wwara, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wada.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Pronunciation, Surakarta–Yogyakarta) IPA^(key): /wɔntən/

Verb

ꦮꦺꦴꦤ꧀ꦠꦼꦤ꧀ (wonten) (krama)

1. there is/are; to be

   Synonyms: (ngoko) ꦲꦤ (ana), (krama) ꦮꦺꦴꦤ꧀ꦠꦼꦤ꧀ (wonten)

Further reading

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