ꦗꦮ

Javanese

Other scripts
Carakan	ꦗꦮ
Roman	Jawa

Etymology

• From Sanskrit यव (yava, “barley, grain”).
• From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *zawa, from Proto-Austronesian *zawa (“millet”). Cognate of Javanese ꦗꦼꦮꦮꦸꦠ꧀ (jewawut, “foxtail millet”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Standard) /dʒɔ.wɔ/

Proper noun

ꦗꦮ (Jawa)

1. Java (an island in Indonesia)
2. Javanese: An indigenous language spoken by Javanese people.

Noun

ꦗꦮ (Jawa)

1. Javanese: A person belonging to the Javanese people (one of the indigenous groups native to Java island).

Related terms

• ꦗꦮꦶ (jawi)

 

Further reading

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