mantĕn

Old Javanese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /man.tən/
• Hyphenation: man‧tĕn

Etymology 1

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Noun

mantĕn

1. a specific type of precious stone (possibly emerald)

Etymology 2

Affixed mari, māri (“to cease”) +‎ -ntĕn. Doublet of mantun.

Verb

mantĕn

1. to cease

Descendants

• → Central Malay: mantan

Further reading

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