sewu

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Indonesian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Javanese ꦱꦺꦮꦸ (sèwu, thousand), from Old Javanese sewu (thousand). Doublet of seribu.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /se.wu/
  • Rhymes: -wu
  • Hyphenation: se‧wu

Numeral

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sewu

  1. (dialect) thousand
    Synonym: seribu

Further reading

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Javanese

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Romanization

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sewu

  1. Alternative spelling of sèwu, romanization of ꦱꦺꦮꦸ

Old Javanese

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Etymology

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Affixed iwu (thousand) +‎ sa-.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /se.wu/
  • Rhymes: -wu
  • Hyphenation: se‧wu

Numeral

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sewu

  1. thousand

Descendants

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  • Javanese: ꦱꦺꦮꦸ (sèwu, thousand)
    • Indonesian: sewu

Further reading

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