kastawa

Indonesian

Etymology

From Javanese ꦏꦱ꧀ꦠꦮ (kastawa), from Old Javanese kastawa (which can be reconstructed as ke- +‎ *astawa), from Sanskrit आस्ताव (āstāva, “praise, hymn”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kasˈtawa]
• Hyphenation: kas‧ta‧wa

Noun

kastawa (first-person possessive kastawaku, second-person possessive kastawamu, third-person possessive kastawanya)

1. (rare) praise and worship.

Further reading

• “kastawa” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.