Jawa

See also: jawa and ĵawa

Indonesian

Etymology

Unknown, cognate with Javanese ꦗꦮ (jawa)

• From Sanskrit यव (yava, “barley, grain”).
• From Malay jawawut (“foxtail millet”) or Javanese ꦗꦼꦮꦮꦸꦠ꧀ (jewawut, “foxtail millet”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒa.wa/
• Hyphenation: ja‧wa

Proper noun

Jawa

1. Java (an island in Indonesia)

Further reading

• “Jawa” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

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Japanese

Romanization

Jawa

1. Rōmaji transcription of ジャワ

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Javanese

Proper noun

Jawa

1. Romanization of ꦗꦮ

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈja.va/

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Proper noun

Jawa f

1. Java (island)

Declension

Declension of Jawa

	singular
nominative	Jawa
genitive	Jawy
dative	Jawie
accusative	Jawę
instrumental	Jawą
locative	Jawie
vocative	Jawo

Related terms

• (nouns) Jawajczyk m, Jawajka f
• (adjective) jawajski

Further reading

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