ꦏꦫ

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Javanese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɔ.rɔ/
  • Rhymes: -rɔ
  • Hyphenation: ka‧ra

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Javanese kara.

Noun

ꦏꦫ (kara)

  1. (botany) hyacinth bean, lablab-bean, bonavist bean, bonavist pea, dolichos bean, seim, sem bean, lablab bean, Egyptian kidney bean, Indian bean, Australian pea; Lablab purpureus.
Descendants
  • → Indonesian: kara

Etymology 2

Inherited from Old Javanese kara (“hand; finger; ray of light, beam”), from Sanskrit कर (kara, “finger”), कृ (kṛ, “to make”).

Noun

ꦏꦫ (kara)

  1. (archaic) hand
  2. (archaic) finger
  3. (archaic) trunk

Further reading

  • The Linguistic Center of Yogyakarta (2011) “kara”, in Kamus Basa Jawa (Bausastra Jawa) [Javanese Language Dictionary (Javanese Dictionary)] (in Javanese), 2nd edition, Yogyakarta: Kanisius, →ISBN
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