ꦱꦥ

Javanese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɔ.pɔ/
• Rhymes: -pɔ
• Hyphenation: sa‧pa

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Javanese sapa (“to speak, to greet”).

Noun

ꦱꦥ (sapa)

1. to greet

Derived terms

• ꦚꦥ (nyapa)
• ꦱꦥꦱꦶꦤꦥ (sapa-sinapa)

 

Etymology 2

Javanese register set
ꦏꦿꦩ (krama): ꦱꦶꦤ꧀ꦠꦼꦤ꧀ (sinten)
ꦔꦺꦴꦏꦺꦴ (ngoko): ꦱꦥ (sapa)

Inherited from Old Javanese sapa, syapa (“who (interrogative pronoun)”).

Pronoun

ꦱꦥ (sapa)

1. (interrogative, ngoko) who: What person or people; which person or people; asks for the identity of someone; used in a direct or indirect question.

Derived terms

• ꦚꦥ (nyapa)
• ꦱꦥꦱꦥ (sapa-sapa)
• ꦱꦥꦱꦶꦤꦥ (sapa-sinapa)

 

Etymology 3

Inherited from Old Javanese śāpa (“curse, malediction, abuse, oath, imprecation”), from Sanskrit शाप (śāpa, “spell, ban, curse”).

Noun

ꦱꦥ (sapa)

1. (literary) curse

Further reading

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