kastawa

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Javanese ꦏꦱ꧀ꦠꦮ (kastawa), from Old Javanese kastawa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kasˈtawa]
• Hyphenation: kas‧ta‧wa

Noun

kastawa (first-person possessive kastawaku, second-person possessive kastawamu, third-person possessive kastawanya)

1. (rare) praise and worship.

Further reading

• “kastawa” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Javanese

Romanization

kastawa

1. Romanization of ꦏꦱ꧀ꦠꦮ

Old Javanese

Etymology

Affixed stawa (“praise, eulogy, song of praise, hymn”) +‎ ka-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kas.ˈta.wa/
• Rhymes: -wa
• Hyphenation: kas‧ta‧wa

Verb

kastawa

1. to praise

Descendants

• > Javanese: ꦏꦱ꧀ꦠꦮ (kastawa) (inherited)
  • → Indonesian: kastawa

Further reading

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