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Javanese
Etymology
Inherited from Old Javanese ꦲꦱꦸ (asu), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *asu, from Proto-Austronesian *asu. Compare Tagalog aso.
Noun
ꦲꦱꦸ (asu)
- dog
- Synonyms: (ngoko) ꦲꦱꦸ (asu), (krama) ꦱꦒꦮꦺꦴꦤ꧀ (sagawon), ꦧꦲꦸꦁ (bahung), ꦕꦼꦩꦼꦫ (cemera), ꦱꦺꦴꦤ (sona)
Descendants
- → Indonesian: asu (“fuck, shit”)
References
- The Linguistic Center of Yogyakarta (2011) “asu”, in Kamus Basa Jawa (Bausastra Jawa) (in Javanese), 2nd edition, Yogyakarta: Kanisius, →ISBN
- "asu" in W. J. S. Poerwadarminta, Bausastra Jawa. J. B. Wolters' Uitgevers-Maatschappij N. V. Groningen, Batavia, 1939
Old Javanese
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *asu, from Proto-Austronesian *asu.
Noun
ꦲꦱꦸ (asu)
- dog
References
- "ꦲꦱꦸ" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.