akuwu

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Javanese ꦲꦏꦸꦮꦸ (akuwu, “head, chief of village”), from Old Javanese akuwu (“to have a dwelling, live in a kuwu; to be head of a kuwu, reside”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈku.wu/, [aˈku.wu]
• Rhymes: -wu
• Hyphenation: a‧ku‧wu

Noun

akuwu (plural akuwu-akuwu, first-person possessive akuwuku, second-person possessive akuwumu, third-person possessive akuwunya)

1. (historical) head, chief of village in ancient Java.

Further reading

• “akuwu” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Javanese

Romanization

akuwu

1. Romanization of ꦲꦏꦸꦮꦸ

Old Javanese

Etymology

Affixed kuwu (“dwelling, housing, quarter, lodging; encampment, tent; residence; administrative division under a kuwu, akuwu; leader of such administrative division”) +‎ a- (“active verb forming prefix”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.ku.wu/
• Rhymes: -wu
• Hyphenation: a‧ku‧wu

Verb

akuwu

1. to have a dwelling
2. to live in a kuwu
3. to be head of a kuwu
4. to reside

Descendants

• > Javanese: ꦲꦏꦸꦮꦸ (akuwu) (inherited)
  • → Indonesian: akuwu

Further reading

• "akuwu" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.