lyan

Old Javanese

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lian (“to change appearance”) (compare Old Javanese lan (“and”)).

Adjective

lyan

1. other, different

Derived terms

• alyan
• kalyan
• malyan
• maṅlyan

Descendants

• Javanese: ꦭꦺꦤ꧀ (lèn)

Further reading

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

Swedish

Noun

lyan

1. definite singular of lya