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Javanese
Etymology
Borrowed from Portuguese carreta (“cart”). Parallel borrowings (from Portuguese) are Malay kereta (“car”), Indonesian kereta (“cart, train”), Sundanese karéta (“cart, carriage”), Balinese ᬓ᭄ᬭᬾᬢ (kréta, “cart, carriage”), Sinhalese කරත්තය (karattaya, “cart, carriage”), Tetum karreta (“car, train”).
Pronunciation
- (Central, Eastern) IPA(key): /ˈkre.tɔ/
- (Western) IPA(key): /ˈkrɛ.taʔ/
- (Central, Eastern) Rhymes: -tɔ, -ɔ
- (Western) Rhymes: -taʔ, -aʔ
- Hyphenation: kré‧ta
Noun
ꦏꦿꦺꦠ (kréta)
- cart, carriage
- Synonyms: ꦏꦿꦺꦠ (kréta), ꦫꦠ (rata), ꦫꦠꦁꦒ (ratangga), ꦱꦏꦛ (sakatha), ꦱ꧀ꦮꦤ꧀ꦢꦤ (swandana), ꦥꦝꦠꦶ (padhati)
- train
- Synonym: ꦱꦼꦥꦸꦂ (sepur)
Derived terms
Further reading
- The Linguistic Center of Yogyakarta (2011) “kréta”, in Kamus Basa Jawa (Bausastra Jawa) [Javanese Language Dictionary (Javanese Dictionary)] (in Javanese), 2nd edition, Yogyakarta: Kanisius, →ISBN