ꦕꦧꦺ

Javanese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Javanese cabe, cabya, cawya, cawi (“pepper”), from Sanskrit चव्य, चवि (cavya, cavi, “Piper chaba”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃa.be/
  • Rhymes: -be
  • Hyphenation: ca‧bé

Noun

ꦕꦧꦺ (cabé)

  1. (botany) Javanese long pepper, Balinese long pepper (Piper retrofractum).

Derived terms
  • ꦚꦧꦺ (nyabé)

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