ꦏꦺꦴꦮꦺ
Javanese
| Javanese writing system | |
|---|---|
| Carakan | ꦏꦺꦴꦮꦺ |
| Pegon | |
| Roman | kowé |
Etymology
From Old Javanese ko (“second person pronoun”), possibly suffixed with -(n)é (“third person oblique enclitic”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ko.we/
- Rhymes: -we
- Hyphenation: ko‧wé
Pronoun
| Javanese register set |
|---|
| ꦏꦿꦩꦲꦶꦁꦒꦶꦭ꧀ (krama inggil): ꦥꦚ꧀ꦗꦼꦤꦼꦔꦤ꧀ (panyjenengan) |
| ꦏꦿꦩ (krama): ꦱꦩ꧀ꦥꦺꦪꦤ꧀ (sampéyan) |
| ꦔꦺꦴꦏꦺꦴ (ngoko): ꦏꦺꦴꦮꦺ (kowé) |
ꦏꦺꦴꦮꦺ (kowé)
- (ngoko) second person pronoun
Descendants
- → Indonesian: kowe
Noun
ꦏꦺꦴꦮꦺ (kowé)
See also
| freestanding form | prefix | suffix | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ngoko | madya | krama | higher krama | ||||
| first person | singular | ꦲꦏꦸ (aku) | – | ꦏꦸꦭ (kula) | ꦢꦊꦩ꧀ (dalem) | ꦠꦏ꧀- (tak-), ꦢꦏ꧀- (dak-) |
-ꦏꦸ (-ku) |
| plural exclusive | ꦏꦩꦶ (kami) | – | – | ||||
| plural inclusive | ꦏꦶꦠ (kita) | – | – | ||||
| second person | ꦏꦺꦴꦮꦺ (kowé) | ꦱꦩꦁ (samang) | ꦱꦩ꧀ꦥꦺꦪꦤ꧀ (sampéyan) | ꦥꦚ꧀ꦗꦼꦤꦼꦔꦤ꧀ (panjenengan) | ꦏꦺꦴ- (ko-), ꦏꦺꦴꦏ꧀- (kok-) |
-ꦩꦸ (-mu) | |
| third person | ꦝꦺꦮꦺꦏꦺ (dhèwèké) | – | ꦥꦶꦪꦩ꧀ꦧꦏꦶꦥꦸꦤ꧀ (piyambakipun) | ꦥꦚ꧀ꦗꦼꦤꦼꦔꦤꦺ (panjenengané), ꦥꦚ꧀ꦗꦼꦤꦼꦔꦤꦶꦥꦸꦤ꧀ (panjenenganipun) |
– | -ꦤꦺ (-né), -ꦤꦶꦥꦸꦤ꧀ (-nipun) | |
- The personal pronouns may vary depending on the dialect.
- The second and third person pronouns are often replaced by kinship terms, titles, or the like.
See each entry for more information.
Further reading
- The Linguistic Center of Yogyakarta (2011) “kowe”, in Kamus Basa Jawa (Bausastra Jawa) [Javanese Language Dictionary (Javanese Dictionary)] (in Javanese), 2nd edition, Yogyakarta: Kanisius, →ISBN