hantiga

Old Javanese

Alternative forms

• antiga

Etymology

Affixed tiga (“three”) +‎ (m)aN-. Probably a taboo-motivated lexical replacement of hantĕlu (“egg”) as tiga (“three”) and tĕlu (“three”).

Noun

hantiga

1. egg

   Synonyms: aṇḍa, aṇḍaja, ĕṇḍog, hantĕlu, hantiga, hantrini

Derived terms

• aṅantiga

 

Further reading

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