kastawa

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Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Javanese ꦏꦱ꧀ꦠꦮ (kastawa), from Old Javanese kastawa.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: kas‧ta‧wa

Noun

kastawa (first-person possessive kastawaku, second-person possessive kastawamu, third-person possessive kastawanya)

  1. (rare) praise and worship.

Further reading

Javanese

Romanization

kastawa

  1. Romanization of ꦏꦱ꧀ꦠꦮ

Old Javanese

Etymology

Affixed stawa (“praise, eulogy, song of praise, hymn”) +‎ ka-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kas.ˈta.wa/
  • Rhymes: -wa
  • Hyphenation: kas‧ta‧wa

Verb

kastawa

  1. to praise

Descendants

  • > Javanese: ꦏꦱ꧀ꦠꦮ (kastawa) (inherited)
    • → Indonesian: kastawa

Further reading

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