See also: küwü

Indonesian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Javanese ꦏꦸꦮꦸ (kuwu, village head, village messenger; to camp), from Old Javanese kuwu (dwelling, housing, quarter, lodging; encampment, tent; residence; administrative division under a kuwu, akuwu; leader of such administrative division), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kubu (field hut in the rice fields). Doublet of kubu.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈku.wu/
  • Rhymes: -wu
  • Hyphenation: ku‧wu

Noun

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kuwu (first-person possessive kuwuku, second-person possessive kuwumu, third-person possessive kuwunya)

  1. (dialect) village head
    Synonyms: lurah, kepala desa

Further reading

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Javanese

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Romanization

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kuwu

  1. Romanization of ꦏꦸꦮꦸ

Old Javanese

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kubu (field hut in the rice fields).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ku.wu/
  • Rhymes: -wu
  • Hyphenation: ku‧wu

Noun

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kuwu

  1. dwelling, housing, quarter, lodging
  2. encampment, tent
  3. residence
  4. administrative division under a kuwu, akuwu
  5. leader of such administrative division

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Javanese: ꦏꦸꦮꦸ (kuwu, village head; village messenger; to camp)
    • Indonesian: kuwu (village head)

Further reading

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