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ꦥꦸꦂꦮ

Javanese edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Old Javanese pūrwa (“beginning, front, eastern”), from Sanskrit पूर्व (pūrva).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): (Standard, Central-Eastern) /pʊr.wɔ/
  • Rhymes: -wɔ
  • Hyphenation: pur‧wa

Noun edit

ꦥꦸꦂꦮ (purwa)

  1. beginning
  2. (literary) east, one of compass points
    Synonyms: ꦠꦶꦩꦸꦂ (timur), ꦮꦺꦠꦤ꧀ (wétan), (literary) ꦥꦸꦂꦮ (purwa)

Adjective edit

ꦥꦸꦂꦮ (purwa)

  1. initial
  2. ancient
  3. (literary) eastern
    Synonyms: ꦠꦶꦩꦸꦂ (timur), ꦮꦺꦠꦤ꧀ (wétan), (literary) ꦥꦸꦂꦮ (purwa)

Descendants edit

  • → Indonesian: purwa, purwa-

See also edit

  • (compass points)
Ngoko
Basic register
lor kulon lor lor wétan
kulon   wétan
kidul kulon kidul kidul wétan
Krama
Polite register
lèr kilèn lèr lèr wétan
kilèn   wétan
kidul kilèn kidul kidul wétan
Kawi
Literary terms
nurwitri utara narasunya
pascima   purwa
kanéya duksina byabya

Further reading edit

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