keris
English edit
Etymology 1 edit
Noun edit
keris
Etymology 2 edit
Borrowed from Malay keris, doublet of kalis.
Noun edit
keris
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Balinese edit
Romanization edit
keris
- Romanization of ᬓᭂᬭᬶᬲ᭄.
Indonesian edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Malay keris, from Javanese ꦏꦼꦫꦶꦱ꧀ (keris), from Old Javanese kĕris, kris.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
keris (plural keris-keris, first-person possessive kerisku, second-person possessive kerismu, third-person possessive kerisnya)
- kris, keris: sheathed sharp-blade weapon (blades are generally wavy-edged, but there are also straight-edged). This weapon can be both a dagger and sword.
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “keris” 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
keris
- Romanization of ꦏꦼꦫꦶꦱ꧀.
Malay edit
Etymology edit
From Javanese ꦏꦼꦫꦶꦱ꧀ (keris), from Old Javanese kĕris, kris. Can be analyzed as ke- + iris related to hiris (“to slice”).
Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: -is
Noun edit
keris (Jawi spelling کريس, plural keris-keris, informal 1st possessive kerisku, 2nd possessive kerismu, 3rd possessive kerisnya)
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Affixed terms and other derivations
Descendants edit
- Indonesian: keris
- → English: kris, crease, creese, creeze, crese, cress, cris, criss, crys, cryse, keris, kreese, kriss
- → Serbo-Croatian: kris
Further reading edit
- “keris” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
Sundanese edit
Alternative forms edit
- ᮊᮨᮛᮤᮞ᮪ (keris)
Etymology edit
From Javanese ꦏꦼꦫꦶꦱ꧀ (keris), from Old Javanese kĕris, kris.
Noun edit
keris