swīkāra

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Old Javanese

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit स्वीकार (svīkāra, claim, claiming). Doublet of sikara.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /swi.ka.ra/
  • Rhymes: -ra
  • Hyphenation: swī‧kā‧ra

Adjective

swīkāra

  1. insistent
  2. urgent

Adverb

swīkāra

  1. insistently
  2. urgently
  3. tenaciously

Derived terms

Descendants

  • > Javanese: ꦱ꧀ꦮꦶꦏꦫ (swikara) (inherited)

Further reading

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