ꦮꦭꦶ

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Javanese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /wa.li/
  • Rhymes: -li
  • Hyphenation: wa‧li

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Malay wali, from Arabic وَلِيّ (waliyy).

Noun

ꦮꦭꦶ (wali)

  1. custodian.
  2. guardian.
  3. apostle, saint.

Etymology 2

Inherited from Old Javanese wali (“ritual requisites; ceremonial clothes”), bali (“tribute, offering”), from Sanskrit बलि (bali).

Noun

ꦮꦭꦶ (wali)

  1. yellow drapery for ceremonial use
  2. small, sharp carving knife

Etymology 3

Inherited from Old Javanese wali (“again, once more”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bali (“reverse, turn around”), from Proto-Austronesian *baliw (“return”).

Adverb

ꦮꦭꦶ (wali)

  1. repeatedly

Further reading

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