ꦲꦭ

Javanese

Javanese writing system
Carakan	ꦲꦭ
Pegon
Roman	ala

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔ.lɔ/
• Rhymes: -lɔ
• Hyphenation: a‧la

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Javanese hala (“bad, evil”).

Adjective

Javanese register set
ꦏꦿꦩ (krama): ꦲꦮꦺꦴꦤ꧀ (awon)
ꦔꦺꦴꦏꦺꦴ (ngoko): ꦲꦭ (ala)

ꦲꦭ (ala) (ngoko)

1. bad
2. ugly

Etymology 2

Inherited from Old Javanese hala (“plough”), from Sanskrit हल (hala, “plough”).

Noun

ꦲꦭ (hala)

1. (archaic) plough

Further reading

• The Linguistic Center of Yogyakarta (2011), “ala, hala”, in Kamus Basa Jawa (Bausastra Jawa) [Javanese Language Dictionary (Javanese Dictionary)] (in Javanese), 2nd edition, Yogyakarta: Kanisius, →ISBN