gĕḍe

Old Javanese

Other scripts
Carakan	ꦒꦼꦝꦺ
Roman	gĕḍe

Etymology

From Proto-Mon-Khmer *daiŋ, *daŋ, *diŋ, *diiŋ, *dəəŋ (“large”). Compare Minangkabau gadang.

Noun

gĕḍe

1. bigness, largeness

Descendants

• Javanese: ꦒꦼꦝꦺ (gedhé)
  • → Betawi: gede
  • → Indonesian: gede
• → Sundanese: gedé

References

• "gĕḍe" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.