gĕḍe

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "gede"

Old Javanese

Other scripts
Kawi
Javanese ꦒꦼꦝꦺ
Balinese
Roman gĕḍe

Etymology

From Proto-Mon-Khmer *daiŋ, *daŋ, *diŋ, *diiŋ, *dəəŋ (“large”). Compare Minangkabau gadang.

Noun

gĕḍe

  1. bigness, largeness

Descendants

  • Javanese: ꦒꦼꦝꦺ (gedhé)
    • → Betawi: gede
    • → Indonesian: gede
    • → Musi: (bebaso) gede
  • → Sundanese: gedé

References

  • "gĕḍe" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.
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