sūkara

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Old Javanese

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit सूकर (sūkara, pig).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /su.ka.ra/
  • Rhymes: -ra
  • Hyphenation: sū‧ka‧ra

Noun

sūkara

  1. boar, hog
  2. pig
  3. swine

Descendants

  • > Javanese: ꦱꦸꦏꦫ (sukara) (inherited)

Further reading

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

Pali

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Sanskrit सूकर (sūkara).

Noun

sūkara m

  1. pig

Declension