ꦏꦸꦮꦸ

Javanese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Javanese kuwu (“dwelling, housing, quarter, lodging; encampment, tent; residence; administrative division under a kuwu, akuwu; leader of such administrative division”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kubu (“field hut in the rice fields”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ku.wu/
  • Rhymes: -wu
  • Hyphenation: ku‧wu

Noun

ꦏꦸꦮꦸ (kuwu)

  1. village head
  2. village messenger

Descendants
  • → Indonesian: kuwu (“village head”)

Verb

ꦏꦸꦮꦸ (kuwu)

  1. to camp

Derived terms
  • ꦥꦏꦸꦮꦺꦴꦤ꧀ (pakuwon)

Further reading
  • The Linguistic Center of Yogyakarta (2015) “kuwu”, in Kamus Basa Jawa (Bausastra Jawa) [Javanese Language Dictionary (Javanese Dictionary)] (in Javanese), Yogyakarta: Kanisius, →ISBN
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