ꦥꦸꦂꦮꦏꦤ꧀ꦛꦶ
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Javanese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Compound of ꦥꦸꦂꦮ (purwa) + ꦏꦤ꧀ꦛꦶ (kanthi).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
ꦥꦸꦂꦮꦏꦤ꧀ꦛꦶ (purwakanthi)
- (literature) assonance: the repetition of similar or identical vowel sounds (though with different consonants), usually in literature or poetry.
Descendants[edit]
- → Indonesian: purwakanti
Further reading[edit]
- The Linguistic Center of Yogyakarta (2015) “purwakanthi”, in Kamus Basa Jawa (Bausastra Jawa) [Javanese Language Dictionary (Javanese Dictionary)] (in Javanese), Yogyakarta: Kanisius, →ISBN