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Javanese
Romanization
dwipa
- Romanization of ꦢ꧀ꦮꦶꦥ
Old Javanese
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit द्विप (dvipa, “elephant”).
Pronunciation
Noun
dwipa
- elephant
- Synonyms: aliman, asti, dipak, dwipa, dwipak, dwipāṅga, dwipendra, dwirada, dwiradarāja, dwirĕge, gaja, gajah, haliman, hasti, ibha, kuñjara, liman, mantĕṅga, mātaṅga, matĕṅga, nāga, pataṅgi, sāmaja, tuṅgaṅan, wāhana, wāraṇa
Further reading
- "dwipa" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.