ꦱꦺꦮꦸ

Javanese

Etymology

Affixed ꦲꦺꦮꦸ (èwu) +‎ s-, inherited from Old Javanese sewu (“one thousand”).

Numeral

ꦱꦺꦮꦸ (sèwu)

1. one thousand
2. (figurative) a very large number

Descendants

• Indonesian: sewu

Further reading

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