ꦏꦶꦛ
Javanese edit
Alternative forms edit
- Carakan: ꦏꦶꦛ
- Roman: kitha, kiṭa (dated), kita (nonstandard), kitho (nonstandard), kito (nonstandard)
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old Javanese kuṭa (“fortified place, walled town”), from Tamil கோட்டம் (kōṭṭam, “city”) or Sanskrit कोट्ट (koṭṭa, “city”). Cognate of Malay kota.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ꦏꦶꦛ (kitha)
Further reading edit
- The Linguistic Center of Yogyakarta (2015) “kitha”, in Kamus Basa Jawa (Bausastra Jawa) [Javanese Language Dictionary (Javanese Dictionary)] (in Javanese), Yogyakarta: Kanisius, →ISBN
- "kitha" in Elinor Clark Horne, Javanese-English Dictionary. Yale University Press, New Haven and London, 1974