ꦱꦼꦥꦸꦃ

Javanese

Alternative forms

• Carakan: ꦱꦼꦥꦸꦃ
• Roman: sepah (dialectal), sêpah (dated, dialectal), sepoeh (dated), sêpuh (dated)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sə.puh/
• Rhymes: -puh
• Hyphenation: se‧puh

Etymology 1

Affixed ꦥꦸꦃ (puh, “to squeeze; to milk”) +‎ s-.

Adjective

ꦱꦼꦥꦸꦃ (sepuh)

1. old
2. mature, ripe

Synonyms

• ꦠꦸꦮ (tuwa)

Derived terms

• ꦏꦱꦼꦥꦸꦲꦤ꧀ (kasepuhan)

 

Etymology 2

Inherited from Old Javanese sĕpuh (“hardening mixture for iron”).

Verb

ꦱꦼꦥꦸꦃ (sepuh)

1. to harden (steel).
2. to darken (colour of gold).
3. to poison fish (to catch fish).

Further reading

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