kiwa

Balinese

Romanization

kiwa

1. Romanization of ᬓᬶᬯ

Banjarese

Etymology

Borrowed from Javanese ꦏꦶꦮ (kiwa).

Noun

kiwa

1. left (direction)

References

• Greenhill, S.J., Blust. R, & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271-283.

Javanese

Romanization

kiwa

1. Romanization of ꦏꦶꦮ

Old Javanese

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ka-)wiʀi (compare Makasar kairi), from Proto-Austronesian *(ka-)wiʀi.

Adjective

kiwa

1. left

Derived terms

• aṅiwa
• aṅiwākĕn
• kakiwa
• kiwan
• paṅiwa

 

Descendants

• Javanese: ꦏꦶꦮ (kiwa, “left”)
  • → Banjarese: kiwa (“left”)
  • → Sundanese: ᮊᮤᮝ (kiwa, “left”)
• → Balinese: ᬓᬶᬯ (kiwa, “left”)

Further reading

• "kiwa" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈki.va/
• Rhymes: -iva
• Syllabification: ki‧wa

Verb

kiwa

1. third-person singular present of kiwać

Sundanese

Romanization

kiwa

1. Romanization of ᮊᮤᮝ