ꦱꦥ
Javanese edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Inherited from Old Javanese sapa (“to speak, to greet”).
Noun edit
ꦱꦥ (sapa)
- to greet
Derived terms edit
- ꦚꦥ (nyapa)
- ꦱꦥꦱꦶꦤꦥ (sapa-sinapa)
Etymology 2 edit
| Javanese register set |
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| ꦏꦿꦩ (krama): ꦱꦶꦤ꧀ꦠꦼꦤ꧀ (sinten) |
| ꦔꦺꦴꦏꦺꦴ (ngoko): ꦱꦥ (sapa) |
Inherited from Old Javanese sapa, syapa (“who (interrogative pronoun)”).
Pronoun edit
ꦱꦥ (sapa)
- (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 edit
Etymology 3 edit
Inherited from Old Javanese śāpa (“curse, malediction, abuse, oath, imprecation”), from Sanskrit शाप (śāpa, “spell, ban, curse”).
Noun edit
ꦱꦥ (sapa)
Further reading edit
- The Linguistic Center of Yogyakarta (2015) “sapa”, in Kamus Basa Jawa (Bausastra Jawa) [Javanese Language Dictionary (Javanese Dictionary)] (in Javanese), Yogyakarta: Kanisius, →ISBN