ꦏꦺꦴꦮꦺ

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Javanese

Javanese writing system
Carakan ꦏꦺꦴꦮꦺ
Pegon
Roman kowé

Etymology

From Old Javanese ko (second person pronoun), possibly suffixed with -(n)é (third person oblique enclitic).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ko.we/
  • Rhymes: -we
  • Hyphenation: ko‧wé

Pronoun

Javanese register set
ꦏꦿꦩꦲꦶꦁꦒꦶꦭ꧀ (krama inggil): ꦥꦚ꧀ꦗꦼꦤꦼꦔꦤ꧀ (panyjenengan)
ꦏꦿꦩ (krama): ꦱꦩ꧀ꦥꦺꦪꦤ꧀ (sampéyan)
ꦔꦺꦴꦏꦺꦴ (ngoko): ꦏꦺꦴꦮꦺ (kowé)

ꦏꦺꦴꦮꦺ (kowé)

  1. (ngoko) second person pronoun

Descendants

  • Indonesian: kowe

Noun

ꦏꦺꦴꦮꦺ (kowé)

  1. monkey child

See also

Javanese personal pronouns
freestanding form prefix suffix
ngoko madya krama higher krama
first person singular ꦲꦏꦸ (aku) ꦏꦸꦭ (kula) ꦢꦊꦩ꧀ (dalem) ꦠꦏ꧀- (tak-),
ꦢꦏ꧀- (dak-)
-ꦏꦸ (-ku)
plural exclusive ꦏꦩꦶ (kami)
plural inclusive ꦏꦶꦠ (kita)
second person ꦏꦺꦴꦮꦺ (kowé) ꦱꦩꦁ (samang) ꦱꦩ꧀ꦥꦺꦪꦤ꧀ (sampéyan) ꦥꦚ꧀ꦗꦼꦤꦼꦔꦤ꧀ (panjenengan) ꦏꦺꦴ- (ko-),
ꦏꦺꦴꦏ꧀- (kok-)
-ꦩꦸ (-mu)
third person ꦝꦺꦮꦺꦏꦺ (dhèwèké) ꦥꦶꦪꦩ꧀ꦧꦏꦶꦥꦸꦤ꧀ (piyambakipun) ꦥꦚ꧀ꦗꦼꦤꦼꦔꦤꦺ (panjenengané),
ꦥꦚ꧀ꦗꦼꦤꦼꦔꦤꦶꦥꦸꦤ꧀ (panjenenganipun)
-ꦤꦺ (-né), -ꦤꦶꦥꦸꦤ꧀ (-nipun)
  • The personal pronouns may vary depending on the dialect.
  • The second and third person pronouns are often replaced by kinship terms, titles, or the like.

See each entry for more information.

Further reading

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