lyan

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Old Javanese

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lian (to change appearance) (compare Old Javanese lan (and)).

Adjective

lyan

  1. other, different

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Javanese: ꦭꦺꦤ꧀ (lèn)

Further reading

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

Swedish

Noun

lyan

  1. definite singular of lya