apa manèh

Javanese

Alternative forms

• Carakan: ꦲꦥꦩꦤꦺꦃ
• Roman: apa menèh (dialectal), apa meneh (nonstandard), opo maneh (nonstandard), opo meneh (nonstandard)

Conjunction

apa manèh (ngoko apa manèh, krama punapa malih)

1. let alone

   Synonyms: aja cacak, aja manèh

   Nggodhog banyu waé ora énjoh, apa manèh adang sega.

   They can't even boil water, let alone cook rice.

References

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

• "apa manèh" in Elinor Clark Horne, Javanese-English Dictionary. Yale University Press, New Haven and London, 1974