Javanese

English

Etymology

From Java +‎ -n- +‎ -ese.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /dʒɑː.vəˈniːz/

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• Rhymes: -iːz

Noun

Javanese (plural Javanese)

A cat of the Javanese breed.

1. A person belonging to the Javanese people (one of the indigenous groups native to Java island).
2. A cat of a certain domestic cat breed.

Usage notes

As with other terms for people formed with -ese, the countable singular noun in reference to a person (as in "I am a Javanese", "writing about Javanese cuisine as a Javanese") is uncommon and often taken as incorrect. In its place, the adjective is used, by itself (as in "I am Javanese") or with a word like person, man, or woman ("writing about Javanese cuisine as a Javanese person").

Translations

person

• Catalan: javanès m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 爪哇人 (zh) (Zhǎowārén)

• Danish: javaner c, javaneser c
• Dutch: Javaan (nl) m, Javaanse (nl) f
• Finnish: jaavalainen (fi)
• French: Javanais (fr) m, Javanaise (fr) f
• Galician: xavanés (gl) m
• Georgian: იაველი (iaveli), იავის მცხოვრები (iavis mcxovrebi)
• German: Javaner m, Javanerin f
• Hindi: यवद्वीपी (yavadvīpī)
• Hungarian: jávai (hu)
• Indonesian: orang Jawa
• Irish: Iávach m
• Italian: giavanese (it) m or f
• Javanese: wong Jawa
• Khmer: ជ្វា (km) (cvie)
• Malay: orang Jawa, Jawa
• Marathi: यवद्वीपी (yavadvīpī)
• Polish: Jawajczyk (pl) m, Jawajka (pl) f
• Portuguese: javanês (pt) m, jau (pt) m or f
• Russian: ява́нец (ru) m (javánec), ява́нка (ru) f (javánka)
• Spanish: javanés (es) m
• Sranan Tongo: Yampanesi
• Swedish: javanes (sv) c

Proper noun

Javanese

1. An indigenous language spoken by Javanese people.

Translations

language

• Armenian: ճավայերեն (hy) (čavayeren)
• Catalan: javanès m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 爪哇語／爪哇语 (zh) (Zhǎowāyǔ)

• Danish: javanesisk, javansk
• Dutch: Javaans (nl) n
• Finnish: jaava (fi), jaavan kieli
• French: javanais (fr) m
• Galician: xavanés (gl) m
• Georgian: იავური (iavuri), იავის (iavis)
• German: Javanisch (de) n
• Hungarian: jávai (hu)
• Indonesian: bahasa Jawa (id)
• Irish: Iáivis f
• Italian: giavanese (it) m
• Japanese: ジャワ語 (ja) (jawago)
• Javanese: basa Jawa (jv)
• Khmer: ជ្វា (km) (cvie)
• Malay: bahasa Jawa, Jawa
• Polish: (język) jawajski (pl) m
• Portuguese: javanês (pt) m, jau (pt) m
• Russian: ява́нский (ru) m (javánskij) (язы́к)
• Spanish: javanés (es) m
• Swedish: javanesiska (sv) c

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Javanese terms

Further reading

• ISO 639-1 code jv, ISO 639-3 code jav (SIL)
• Ethnologue entry for Javanese, jav ⁠, a macrolanguage including:

• Ethnologue entry for Caribbean Javanese, jvn ⁠
• Ethnologue entry for New Caledonian Javanese, jas ⁠
• Ethnologue entry for Osing, osi ⁠
• Ethnologue entry for Tengger, tes ⁠

Anagrams

• Javanees