Javanese edit

Alternative forms edit

  • Carakan: ꦱꦂꦥ
  • Roman: sarpa, sarpo (nonstandard)

Etymology edit

Inherited from Old Javanese sarpa (snake, serpent), from Sanskrit सर्प (sarpa).

Noun edit

ꦱꦂꦥ (sarpa)

  1. (literary) snake
    Synonyms: ꦠꦏ꧀ꦱꦏ (taksaka), ꦲꦸꦭ (ula)

References edit

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