ꦥꦸꦥꦸꦃ

Javanese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Javanese pupuh (“stroke, blow; fight, battle; musical mallet”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /pu.puh/
  • Rhymes: -puh
  • Hyphenation: pu‧puh

Noun

ꦥꦸꦥꦸꦃ (pupuh)

  1. (literature, music) songs that are bound by the number of syllables in one verse, the number of lines, and the game of the song
  2. eye drop

Verb

ꦥꦸꦥꦸꦃ (pupuh)

  1. to hit
  2. to war
  3. to fight

Derived terms
  • ꦩꦸꦥꦸꦃ (mupuh)
  • ꦩꦸꦥꦸꦲꦏꦺ (mupuhaké)

Descendants
  • → Indonesian: pupuh

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