ꦏꦿꦺꦠ
Javanese
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Portuguese carreta (“cart”). Parallel borrowings (from Portuguese) are Malay kereta (“car”), Indonesian kereta (“cart, train”), Sundanese karéta (“cart, carriage”), Balinese kréta (“cart, carriage”), Sinhalese කරත්තය (karattaya, “cart, carriage”), Tetum karreta (“car, train”).
Pronunciation
- (Central, Eastern) IPA(key): /ˈkre.tɔ/
- (Western) IPA(key): /ˈkrɛ.taʔ/
- (Central, Eastern) Rhymes: -tɔ, -ɔ
- (Western) Rhymes: -taʔ, -aʔ
- Hyphenation: kré‧ta
Noun
ꦏꦿꦺꦠ (kréta)
Derived terms
- ꦏꦿꦺꦠꦒꦼꦂꦧꦺꦴꦁ (kréta gerbong)
- ꦏꦿꦺꦠꦠꦸꦠꦸꦥꦤ꧀ (kréta tutupan)
- ꦏꦿꦺꦠꦥꦼꦠꦼꦁ (kréta peteng)
- ꦏꦿꦺꦠꦩꦺꦭꦺꦴꦂ (kréta mélor)
- ꦏꦿꦺꦠꦩꦺꦴꦤ꧀ꦠꦺꦴꦂ (kréta montor)
- ꦏꦿꦺꦠꦲꦥꦶ (kréta api)
Further reading
- The Linguistic Center of Yogyakarta (2011) “kréta”, in Kamus Basa Jawa (Bausastra Jawa) [Javanese Language Dictionary (Javanese Dictionary)] (in Javanese), 2nd edition, Yogyakarta: Kanisius, →ISBN