ꦥꦸꦂꦮꦏꦤ꧀ꦛꦶ

Javanese

Etymology

Compound of ꦥꦸꦂꦮ (purwa) +‎ ꦏꦤ꧀ꦛꦶ (kanthi).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /pʊr.wa.kan.ʈi/
  • Rhymes: -ʈi
  • Hyphenation: pur‧wa‧kan‧thi

Noun

ꦥꦸꦂꦮꦏꦤ꧀ꦛꦶ (purwakanthi)

  1. (literature) assonance: the repetition of similar or identical vowel sounds (though with different consonants), usually in literature or poetry.

Descendants
  • → Indonesian: purwakanti

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