jawa

See also: Jawa, ĵawa, jawą, and Jawą

Balinese

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Javanese jawa (“grain”), from Sanskrit यव (yava, “barley, grain”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒa.wə/
• Rhymes: -awə
• Hyphenation: ja‧wa
• Homophone: Jawa

Noun

jawa (Balinese script ᬚᬯ)

1. millet

Further reading

• “jawa” in Balinese–Indonesian Dictionary [Kamus Bahasa Bali–Indonesia], Denpasar, Indonesia: The Linguistic Center of Bali Province [Balai Bahasa Provinsi Bali].

Garo

Etymology

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Pronoun

jawa

1. someone else

References

• Burling, R. (2003), The Language of the Modhupur Mandi (Garo) Vol. II: The Lexicon‎, Bangladesh: University of Michigan, page 56

Javanese

Romanization

jawa

1. romanization of ꦗꦮ

Mokilese

Verb

jawa

1. (transitive) to mix something

References

• Harrison, Sheldon P., Mokilese-English Dictionary, University of Hawaii Press 1977

Old Javanese

Etymology

• From Sanskrit यव (yava, “barley, grain”).
• From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *zawa, from Proto-Austronesian *zawa (“millet”). Cognate of Javanese ꦗꦼꦮꦮꦸꦠ꧀ (jewawut, “foxtail millet”).

Noun

jawa

1. grain

Derived terms

• ajawa

Descendants

• Javanese: ꦗꦮ (jawa), ꦗꦮꦶ (jawi) (see there for further descendants)
• → Balinese: ᬚᬯ (Jawa)

Further reading

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