ꦥꦸꦁꦒꦮ

Javanese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Javanese puṅgawa (“chief, leader; official of high rank”), from Sanskrit पुङ्गव (puṅgava, “hero; chief”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pʊŋɡɔwɔ/
• Rhymes: -wɔ
• Hyphenation: pung‧ga‧wa

Noun

ꦥꦸꦁꦒꦮ (punggawa)

1. court official, grandee.
2. officer, functionary.
3. employee.

Further reading

• "punggawa" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.