nūsāntara
Old Javanese
editEtymology
editCompound of nūsa (“island”) + antara (“interval, interspace; other, another, different”).
Noun
editnūsāntara
- the outer islands (from Java island perspective); these islands or achipelagic region later known as Indonesia in modern-day.
- Synonyms: dwīpāntara, nūsāntara, paranūsa
Descendants
edit- Javanese: ꦤꦸꦱꦤ꧀ꦠꦫ (Nusantara), ꦤꦸꦱ꧀ꦮꦤ꧀ꦠꦫ (Nuswantara)
- Osing: Nusantara
- Tengger: Nusantara
- → Balinese: ᬦᬹᬲᬵᬦ᭄ᬢᬭ (Nusantara)
- → Sundanese: ᮔᮥᮞᮔ᮪ᮒᮛ (Nusantara)
Further reading
edit- "nūsāntara" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.