ꦧꦚꦸ

Javanese

Alternative forms

• Carakan: ꦧꦚꦸ
• Roman: banjoe (dated)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Javanese bañu (“water”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ba.ɲu/
• Rhymes: -ɲu
• Hyphenation: ba‧nyu

Noun

ꦧꦚꦸ (banyu)

1. (ngoko) water

   Synonyms: (krama) ꦠꦺꦴꦪ (toya), (literary) ꦮꦫꦶꦃ (warih)

Descendants

• Caribbean Javanese: banyu
• → Banjarese: banyu
• → Musi: banyu

Further reading

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