ꦠꦺꦴꦱ꧀

Javanese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Javanese tos (“descendant, offspring; product”), twas (“hardness; core, heart”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *teRas (“heartwood of a tree, hard, durable core of wood; ironwood tree”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tɔs/
  • Rhymes: -tɔs
  • Hyphenation: tos

Noun

ꦠꦺꦴꦱ꧀ (tos)

  1. hardness
  2. value
  3. (krama) glutinous rice
    Synonym: (ngoko) ꦏꦼꦠꦤ꧀ (ketan)

Adjective

ꦠꦺꦴꦱ꧀ (tos)

  1. true, real

Derived terms

Further reading

  • The Linguistic Center of Yogyakarta (2011) “tos”, in Kamus Basa Jawa (Bausastra Jawa) [Javanese Language Dictionary (Javanese Dictionary)] (in Javanese), 2nd edition, Yogyakarta: Kanisius, →ISBN
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