swīkāra

Old Javanese

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit स्वीकार (svīkāra, “claim, claiming”). Doublet of sikara.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /swi.ka.ra/
• Rhymes: -ra
• Hyphenation: swī‧kā‧ra

Adjective

swīkāra

1. insistent
2. urgent

Adverb

swīkāra

1. insistently
2. urgently
3. tenaciously

Derived terms

• sinwīkāra

Descendants

• > Javanese: ꦱ꧀ꦮꦶꦏꦫ (swikara) (inherited)

Further reading

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