hantiga

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Old Javanese

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Affixed tiga (three) +‎ (m)aN-. Probably a taboo-motivated lexical replacement of hantĕlu (egg) as tiga (three) and tĕlu (three).

Noun

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hantiga

  1. egg
    Synonyms: aṇḍa, aṇḍaja, ĕṇḍog, hantĕlu, hantiga, hantrini

Derived terms

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Further reading

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