ꦥꦸꦂꦮꦏꦤ꧀ꦛꦶ
Javanese
editEtymology
editCompound of ꦥꦸꦂꦮ (purwa) + ꦏꦤ꧀ꦛꦶ (kanthi).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editꦥꦸꦂꦮꦏꦤ꧀ꦛꦶ (purwakanthi)
- (literature) assonance: the repetition of similar or identical vowel sounds (though with different consonants), usually in literature or poetry.
Descendants
edit- → Indonesian: purwakanti
Further reading
edit- The Linguistic Center of Yogyakarta (2015) “purwakanthi”, in Kamus Basa Jawa (Bausastra Jawa) [Javanese Language Dictionary (Javanese Dictionary)] (in Javanese), Yogyakarta: Kanisius, →ISBN