ꦏꦮꦸꦭ

Javanese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Javanese kawula (“servant, follower, subject”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ka.wu.lɔ/
  • Rhymes: -lɔ
  • Hyphenation: ka‧wu‧la

Noun

ꦏꦮꦸꦭ (kawula)

  1. servant
    Synonym: ꦲꦧ꧀ꦢꦶ (abdi)
  2. citizen, subject

Pronoun

ꦏꦮꦸꦭ (kawula)

  1. (dialect) I

Derived terms
  • ꦏꦸꦩꦮꦸꦭ (kumawula)
  • ꦔꦮꦸꦭ (ngawula)
  • ꦢꦶꦏꦮꦸꦭꦤꦶ (dikawulani)
  • ꦏꦮꦸꦭꦮꦂꦒ (kawula warga)
  • ꦏꦮꦸꦭꦮꦶꦱꦸꦝ (kawula wisudha)

Descendants
  • → Malay: kawula
    • Indonesian: kawula

Further reading
  • The Linguistic Center of Yogyakarta (2015) “kawula”, in Kamus Basa Jawa (Bausastra Jawa) [Javanese Language Dictionary (Javanese Dictionary)] (in Javanese), Yogyakarta: Kanisius, →ISBN
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