syapa

Old Javanese

Etymology

Compound of si (“particle used before a noun designating a person”) +‎ apa (“what”). Akin to Malay siapa.

Pronoun

syapa

1. who

Alternative forms

• sapa

Derived terms

• sintĕn

Descendants

• Javanese: ꦱꦥ, ꦱꦶꦤ꧀ꦠꦼꦤ꧀ (sapa, sinten, “who”)

Further reading

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