ꦏꦶꦛ
Javanese
editAlternative forms
edit- Carakan: ꦏꦶꦛ
- Roman: kitha, kiṭa (dated), kita (nonstandard), kitho (nonstandard), kito (nonstandard)
Etymology
editInherited from Old Javanese kuṭa (“fortified place, walled town”), from Tamil கோட்டம் (kōṭṭam, “city”) or Sanskrit कोट्ट (koṭṭa, “city”). Cognate of Malay kota.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editꦏꦶꦛ (kitha)
Further reading
edit- The Linguistic Center of Yogyakarta (2015) “kitha”, in Kamus Basa Jawa (Bausastra Jawa) [Javanese Language Dictionary (Javanese Dictionary)] (in Javanese), Yogyakarta: Kanisius, →ISBN
- "kitha" in Elinor Clark Horne, Javanese-English Dictionary. Yale University Press, New Haven and London, 1974