sewu

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Javanese ꦱꦺꦮꦸ (sèwu, “thousand”), from Old Javanese sewu (“thousand”). Doublet of seribu.

Pronunciation

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

Numeral

sewu

1. (dialect) thousand

   Synonym: seribu

Further reading

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

Javanese

Romanization

sewu

1. Alternative spelling of sèwu, romanization of ꦱꦺꦮꦸ

Old Javanese

Etymology

Affixed iwu (“thousand”) +‎ sa-.

Pronunciation

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

Numeral

sewu

1. thousand

Descendants

• Javanese: ꦱꦺꦮꦸ (sèwu, “thousand”)
  • Indonesian: sewu

Further reading

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