nūsāntara

Old Javanese

Etymology

Compound of nūsa (“island”) +‎ antara (“interval, interspace; other, another, different”).

Noun

nūsāntara

1. the outer islands (from Java island perspective); these islands or achipelagic region later known as Indonesia in modern-day.

   Synonyms: dwīpāntara, nūsāntara, paranūsa

Descendants

• Javanese: ꦤꦸꦱꦤ꧀ꦠꦫ (Nusantara), ꦤꦸꦱ꧀ꦮꦤ꧀ꦠꦫ (Nuswantara)
  • Banyumasan: Nusantara
  • → Dutch: Nusantara (learned)
  • → English: Nusantara (learned)
  • → Indonesian: Nusantara
  • → Malay: Nusantara
• Osing: Nusantara
• Tengger: Nusantara
• → Balinese: ᬦᬹᬲᬵᬦ᭄ᬢᬭ (Nusantara)
• → Sundanese: ᮔᮥᮞᮔ᮪ᮒᮛ (Nusantara)

Further reading

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