ꦱꦥ
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Javanese
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Inherited from Old Javanese sapa (“to speak, to greet”).
Noun
[edit]ꦱꦥ (sapa)
- to greet
Derived terms
[edit]- ꦚꦥ (nyapa)
- ꦱꦥꦱꦶꦤꦥ (sapa-sinapa)
Etymology 2
[edit]Javanese register set |
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ꦏꦿꦩ (krama): ꦱꦶꦤ꧀ꦠꦼꦤ꧀ (sinten) |
ꦔꦺꦴꦏꦺꦴ (ngoko): ꦱꦥ (sapa) |
Inherited from Old Javanese sapa, syapa (“who (interrogative pronoun)”).
Pronoun
[edit]ꦱꦥ (sapa)
- (interrogative, ngoko) who: What person or people; which person or people; asks for the identity of someone; used in a direct or indirect question.
Derived terms
[edit]Etymology 3
[edit]Inherited from Old Javanese śāpa (“curse, malediction, abuse, oath, imprecation”), from Sanskrit शाप (śāpa, “spell, ban, curse”).
Noun
[edit]ꦱꦥ (sapa)
Further reading
[edit]- The Linguistic Center of Yogyakarta (2015) “sapa”, in Kamus Basa Jawa (Bausastra Jawa) [Javanese Language Dictionary (Javanese Dictionary)] (in Javanese), Yogyakarta: Kanisius, →ISBN