ꦏꦺꦴꦮꦺ

Javanese

Javanese writing system
Carakan	ꦏꦺꦴꦮꦺ
Pegon
Roman	kowé

Etymology

From Old Javanese ko (“second person pronoun”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ko.we/
• Rhymes: -we
• Hyphenation: ko‧wé

Pronoun

Javanese register set
ꦏꦿꦩ​ꦲꦶꦁ​ꦒꦶꦭ꧀ (krama inggil): ꦥꦚ꧀ꦗꦼꦤꦼꦔꦤ꧀ (panyjenengan)
ꦏꦿꦩ (krama): ꦱꦩ꧀ꦥꦺꦪꦤ꧀ (sampéyan)
ꦔꦺꦴꦏꦺꦴ (ngoko): ꦏꦺꦴꦮꦺ (kowé)

ꦏꦺꦴꦮꦺ (kowé)

1. (ngoko) second person pronoun

Descendants

• → Indonesian: kowe

Noun

ꦏꦺꦴꦮꦺ (kowé)

1. monkey child

Further reading

• The Linguistic Center of Yogyakarta (2011) “kowe”, in Kamus Basa Jawa (Bausastra Jawa) [Javanese Language Dictionary (Javanese Dictionary)] (in Javanese), 2nd edition, Yogyakarta: Kanisius, →ISBN