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Javanese
Etymology
Inherited from Old Javanese pūrwa (“beginning, front, eastern”), from Sanskrit पूर्व (pūrva). Doublet of ꦥꦸꦂꦧ (purba).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Standard, Central-Eastern) /pʊr.wɔ/
- Rhymes: -wɔ
- Hyphenation: pur‧wa
Noun
ꦥꦸꦂꦮ (purwa)
- beginning
- (literary) east, one of compass points
- Synonyms: ꦠꦶꦩꦸꦂ (timur), ꦮꦺꦠꦤ꧀ (wétan), (literary) ꦥꦸꦂꦮ (purwa)
Adjective
ꦥꦸꦂꦮ (purwa)
- initial
- ancient
- (literary) eastern
- Synonyms: ꦠꦶꦩꦸꦂ (timur), ꦮꦺꦠꦤ꧀ (wétan), (literary) ꦥꦸꦂꦮ (purwa)
Derived terms
Descendants
See also
Ngoko Basic register
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Krama Polite register
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Kawi Literary terms
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Further reading
- The Linguistic Center of Yogyakarta (2011) “purwa”, in Kamus Basa Jawa (Bausastra Jawa) [Javanese Language Dictionary (Javanese Dictionary)] (in Javanese), 2nd edition, Yogyakarta: Kanisius, →ISBN