ꦤꦮꦭ

Javanese

Alternative forms

Carakan: ꦤꦮꦭ
Roman: nawala, nawolo (nonstandard), nuwala

Etymology

Inherited from Old Javanese nawala (“letter”), probably related to sawala, sewala, suwala (“letter, lontar-leaf, lontar-palm”).

Noun

ꦤꦮꦭ (nawala) (kawi)

(literary) letter
Synonyms: ꦭꦪꦁ (layang), ꦱꦸꦫꦠ꧀ (surat)
(literary) certificate
Synonyms: sèrtipikat, partisara

Descendants

→ Indonesian: nawala

References

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

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