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Javanese
Etymology
Inherited from Old Javanese rāma (“father”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /rɔ.mɔ/
- Rhymes: -mɔ
- Hyphenation: ra‧ma
Noun
ꦫꦩ (rama)
- title conferred on an adult male
- (honorific) father
- Synonym: (ngoko-krama) ꦧꦥꦏ꧀ (bapak)
Descendants
- → Indonesian: rama, romo (semantic loan)
References
- The Linguistic Center of Yogyakarta (2011) “rama”, in Kamus Basa Jawa (Bausastra Jawa) [Javanese Language Dictionary (Javanese Dictionary)] (in Javanese), 2nd edition, Yogyakarta: Kanisius, →ISBN
- "ꦫꦩ" in W. J. S. Poerwadarminta, Bausastra Jawa. J. B. Wolters' Uitgevers-Maatschappij N. V. Groningen, Batavia, 1939