kawula
Indonesian edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Malay kawula, from Javanese ꦏꦮꦸꦭ (kawula, “servant; subject; I, me”). Reconstructed as ke- + *wula.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
kawula (first-person possessive kawulaku, second-person possessive kawulamu, third-person possessive kawulanya)
Pronoun edit
kawula
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “kawula” 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 edit
Romanization edit
kawula
- Romanization of ꦏꦮꦸꦭ
Malay edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Johor-Selangor) IPA(key): /kaulə/
- (Riau-Lingga) IPA(key): /kaula/
- Rhymes: -ulə, -lə, -ə
Noun edit
kawula
- (Javanese) slave
Pronoun edit
kawula
Synonyms edit
Descendants edit
- Indonesian: kawula
Further reading edit
- “kawula” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
Old Javanese edit
Etymology edit
Unknown
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
kawula
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
Further reading edit
- "kawula" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.