Javanese edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Old Javanese kawula (servant, follower, subject).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ka.wu.lɔ/
  • Rhymes: -lɔ
  • Hyphenation: ka‧wu‧la

Noun edit

ꦏꦮꦸꦭ (kawula)

  1. servant
    Synonym: ꦲꦧ꧀ꦢꦶ (abdi)
  2. citizen, subject

Pronoun edit

ꦏꦮꦸꦭ (kawula)

  1. (dialect) I

Derived terms edit

Related terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Malay: kawula
    • Indonesian: kawula

Further reading edit

  • The Linguistic Center of Yogyakarta (2015) “kawula”, in Kamus Basa Jawa (Bausastra Jawa) [Javanese Language Dictionary (Javanese Dictionary)] (in Javanese), Yogyakarta: Kanisius, →ISBN