ꦱꦸꦏꦸ

Javanese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /su.ku/
• Rhymes: -ku
• Hyphenation: su‧ku

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Javanese suku (“foot, leg”).

Noun

ꦱꦸꦏꦸ (suku)

1. (krama) foot
2. (krama-ngoko) vowel diacritic for /u/, ie ꦸ (u).

Derived terms

• ꦢꦶꦱꦸꦏꦸ (disuku)
• ꦱꦸꦏꦺꦴꦤ꧀ (sukon)

• ꦱꦸꦏꦸꦢꦶꦂꦒ (suku dirga)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Indonesian suku, from Malay suku, from Malay suku, ultimately from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *suku (“one quarter; designation for a division of society, probably a lineage”)

Noun

ꦱꦸꦏꦸ (suku)

1. (krama-ngoko) ethnicity

Further reading

• “suku”, in Javanese-Indonesian Dictionary [Kamus Bahasa Jawa-Indonesia] (in Indonesian), Yogyakarta, Indonesia: The Linguistic Center of Yogyakarta Special [Balai Bahasa Provinsi Daerah Istimewa Yogyakarta], 2023.