ꦏꦏ

Javanese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɔ.kɔ/
  • Rhymes: -kɔ
  • Hyphenation: ka‧ka

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Javanese kaka (“elder brother or sister; female attendant”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kaka, from Proto-Austronesian *kaka.

Noun

ꦏꦏ (kaka)

  1. (literary) older brother
    Synonyms: ꦏꦏ꧀ (kak), (literary) ꦏꦏ (kaka), (ngoko) ꦏꦏꦁ (kakang), (literary) ꦏꦏꦁꦩꦱ꧀ (kakangmas), ꦏꦩꦱ꧀ (kamas), ꦏꦁꦩꦱ꧀ (kangmas), ꦩꦱ꧀ (mas), (krama inggil) ꦫꦏ (raka)

Etymology 2

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Noun

ꦏꦏ (kaka)

  1. crow, raven

Further reading

  • “kaka” in Javanese-Indonesian Dictionary [Kamus Bahasa Jawa-Indonesia], Yogyakarta, Indonesia: The Linguistic Center of Yogyakarta Special [Balai Bahasa Provinsi Daerah Istimewa Yogyakarta], 2023.
  • The Linguistic Center of Yogyakarta (2011) “kaka”, in Kamus Basa Jawa (Bausastra Jawa) [Javanese Language Dictionary (Javanese Dictionary)] (in Javanese), 2nd edition, Yogyakarta: Kanisius, →ISBN
  • Lien Sutini, Desie Natalia, Nani Darheni, Umi Kulsum, Devyanti Asmalasari (2022) Kamus Indonesia-Sunda-Cerbon [Indonesian-Sundanese-Cirebonese Dictionary]‎[1] (in Indonesian), Bandung: Balai Bahasa Provinsi Jawa Barat
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