dwipa

Indonesian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old Javanese dwīpa (“island”), from Sanskrit द्वीप (dvīpa, “island”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈdwipa/ [ˈdwi.pa]
• Rhymes: -ipa
• Syllabification: dwi‧pa

Noun

dwipa (plural dwipa-dwipa)

1. (rare, poetic) island

   Synonyms: nusa, pulau

Further reading

• “dwipa”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Javanese

Romanization

dwipa

1. romanization of ꦢ꧀ꦮꦶꦥ

Old Javanese

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit द्विप (dvipa, “elephant”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dwi.pa/
• Rhymes: -pa
• Homophone: dwīpa
• Hyphenation: dwi‧pa

Noun

dwipa

1. elephant

   Synonyms: aliman, asti, dipak, dwipak, dwipāṅga, dwipendra, dwirada, dwiradarāja, dwirĕge, gaja, gajah, haliman, hasti, ibha, kuñjara, liman, mantĕṅga, mātaṅga, matĕṅga, nāga, pataṅgi, sāmaja, tuṅgaṅan, wāhana, wāraṇa

Alternative forms

• dipak
• dwipak

Descendants

• > Javanese: ꦢ꧀ꦮꦶꦥ (dwipa) (inherited)

Further reading

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