Kawi

See also: kawi

English

Etymology

From Sanskrit कवि (kavi).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɑːwi/

Proper noun

Kawi

1. A literary and prose language based on Old Javanese with a large number of Sanskrit loanwords, and used on the islands of Java, Bali, and Lombok; or the script used in writing this language.
   • 2012, Adrian Vickers, Bali: A Paradise Created, 2nd edition, Tuttle, page 118:

     The theory that Balinese religion was a branch of Indian Hinduism led the society to believe that the literature of ancient Bali should be in the classical language of India, but in fact the Kawi language has absolutely no grammatical connection to Sanskrit.

Translations

Ancient writing system

• Armenian: please add this translation if you can
• Burmese: အက္ခရာကဝိ (akhka.raka.wi.)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 卡維文／卡维文 (kǎwéiwén)

• Finnish: kawi
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• Hindi: कावि लिपि f (kāvi lipi)
• Hungarian: please add this translation if you can
• Khmer: អក្សរកវិ (ʼâksârôkvĭ)
• Lao: ອັກສອນກະວິ (ʼak sǭnka wi)
• Russian: кави (ru) (kavi)
• Tagalog: Kawi (tl)
• Thai: อักษรกวิ

Anagrams

• kwai

Tagalog

Etymology

Ultimately from Sanskrit कवि (kavi).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈkawi/ [ˈkaː.wɪ]
• Rhymes: -awi
• Syllabification: Ka‧wi

Proper noun

Kawi (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜏᜒ)

1. Old Javanese

See also

• kawi

 

References

• “Kawi”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018