ꦱꦸꦒꦼꦁ

Javanese

Etymology

Compound of ꦱꦸ (su, “good, wellness”) +‎ ꦒꦼꦁ (geng, “big; large; great”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /su.ɡəŋ/

Noun

ꦱꦸꦒꦼꦁ (sugeng)

1. (krama inggil) well, safe, secure

   Synonym: (ngoko) ꦱ꧀ꦭꦩꦼꦠ꧀ (slamet)

2. (krama inggil) life

   Synonym: (ngoko) ꦲꦸꦫꦶꦥ꧀ (urip)

Verb

ꦱꦸꦒꦼꦁ (sugeng)

1. (krama inggil) to live

   Synonym: (ngoko) ꦲꦸꦫꦶꦥ꧀ (urip)

Derived terms

• ꦏꦱꦸꦒꦼꦔꦤ꧀ (kasugengan)

 

• ꦱꦸꦒꦼꦁꦝꦲꦂ (sugeng dhahar)
• ꦱꦸꦒꦼꦁꦠꦶꦤ꧀ꦢꦏ꧀ (sugeng tindak)
• ꦱꦸꦒꦼꦁꦫꦮꦸꦃ (sugeng rawuh)
• ꦱꦸꦒꦼꦁꦮꦂꦱꦲꦺꦁꦒꦭ꧀ (sugeng warsa enggal)
• ꦱꦸꦒꦼꦁꦲꦩ꧀ꦧꦭ꧀ꦮꦂꦱ (sugeng ambal warsa)

 

Further reading

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