ꦧꦠꦸ
Javanese edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old Javanese batu (“grain”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *batu, from Proto-Austronesian *batu. Doublet of ꦮꦠꦸ (watu).
- For the sense of battery, compare to dialectal Chinese 電石/电石 (“battery”, literally “electric stone”) and Japanese 電石 (erekutoretto, “electret”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ꦧꦠꦸ (batu)
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- The Linguistic Center of Yogyakarta (2015) “batu”, in Kamus Basa Jawa (Bausastra Jawa) [Javanese Language Dictionary (Javanese Dictionary)] (in Javanese), Yogyakarta: Kanisius, →ISBN