ꦗꦩꦸ
Javanese edit
Javanese writing system | |
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Carakan | ꦗꦩꦸ |
Roman | jamu, djamoe |
Etymology edit
Unknown, probably borrowed from Prakrit [Term?] (compare to Sindhi j̄amū̃, Punjabi jammū), from Sanskrit जम्बु (jambu, “jambul”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ꦗꦩꦸ (jamu)
- (ngoko) herbal medicine especially one that is drunk
Descendants edit
- Banyumasan: jamu
- → Betawi: jamu
- → English: jamu (learned)
- → Indonesian: jamu
- → Dutch: djamoe
- → Malay: jamu
References edit
- The Linguistic Center of Yogyakarta (2015) “jamu”, in Kamus Basa Jawa (Bausastra Jawa) [Javanese Language Dictionary (Javanese Dictionary)] (in Javanese), Yogyakarta: Kanisius, →ISBN