girilaya

Indonesian

Etymology

From Javanese ꦒꦶꦫꦶꦭꦪ (girilaya, “mountain”), from Sanskrit गिरि (giri, “hill, mountain”) +‎ लय (laya, “death”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɡi.riˈla.ja]
• Hyphenation: gi‧ri‧la‧ya

Noun

girilaya (plural girilaya-girilaya)

1. hill that used for cemetery, resembling burial mound.

Related terms

• giri

 

Further reading

• “girilaya” 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.