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kakawin

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English

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Noun

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kakawin (plural kakawins or kakawin)

  1. A long narrative poem composed in Old Javanese, with rhythms and meters derived from Sanskrit literature.

Balinese

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Romanization

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kakawin

  1. Romanization of ᬓᬓᬯᬶᬦ᭄

Indonesian

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Etymology

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Reanalyzed as kawi +‎ ke- -an, from Old Javanese kakawin, from Sanskrit कवि (kavi, poet).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [kaˈka.wɪn]
  • Hyphenation: ka‧ka‧win

Noun

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kakawin (first-person possessive kakawinku, second-person possessive kakawinmu, third-person possessive kakawinnya)

  1. (literature) kakawin.

Alternative forms

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Further reading

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Javanese

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Romanization

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kakawin

  1. Romanization of ꦏꦏꦮꦶꦤ꧀

Old Javanese

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Etymology

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Affixed kawi +‎ ka- -(a)n.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ka.ka.win/
  • Rhymes: -win
  • Hyphenation: ka‧ka‧win

Noun

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kakawin

  1. poem

Descendants

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Further reading

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