riṅgit

Old Javanese

Etymology

Affixed gigit (“to bite”) +‎ -in- (“passive voice”) +‎ -er-, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *gitgit (“to nibble, chew at”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /riŋ.ɡɪt/
• Rhymes: -ɡɪt
• Hyphenation: ring‧git

Noun

riṅgit

1. figure
2. wayang figure
3. wayang performance

Derived terms

• ariṅgit
• aṅriṅgit
• aṅriṅgitan
• riniṅgit
• riṅgitan

 

• adĕg riṅgit
• griṅsiṅ riṅgit

 

Descendants

• Javanese: ꦫꦶꦁꦒꦶꦠ꧀ (ringgit)

Further reading

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