tĕḍuh

Old Javanese

Etymology

Unknown, probably affixed ta- +‎ *ruh, which came from Proto-Mon-Khmer *ruh (“to fall, be shed”), hence related to truh (“drizzle, fine rain, rainy mist”) and ruruh (“calm, quiet, composed, modest”). Cognate of Indonesian teduh.

Adjective

tĕḍuh

  1. quiet
  2. calm

Derived terms
  • anĕḍuh
  • atĕḍuh
  • tinĕḍuh-tĕḍuh
  • tĕḍuh-tĕḍuh

Descendants
  • Javanese: ꦠꦼꦝꦸꦃ (tedhuh, “cloudy”)

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