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Indonesian
Etymology
Borrowed from Javanese ꦒꦂꦮ (garwa, “wife”).
Pronunciation
Noun
garwa (plural garwa-garwa, first-person possessive garwaku, second-person possessive garwamu, third-person possessive garwanya)
- (dialect) wife.
- Synonym: istri
Derived terms
Further reading
Javanese
Romanization
garwa
- Romanization of ꦒꦂꦮ.
Old Javanese
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit गर्व (garva, “pride, arrogance”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡar.wa/
- Rhymes: -wa
- Hyphenation: gar‧wa
Adjective
garwa
- proud
- arrogant
- infuriated, savage, frenzied
Derived terms
Descendants
Further reading
- "garwa" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.
Sundanese
Romanization
garwa
- Romanization of ᮌᮁᮝ