ꦧꦠꦸ

Javanese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Javanese batu (“grain”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *batu, from Proto-Austronesian *batu. Doublet of ꦮꦠꦸ (watu).

For the sense of battery, compare to dialectal Chinese 電石／电石 (“battery”, literally “electric stone”) and Japanese 電石(エレクトレット) (erekutoretto, “electret”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ba.tu/

Noun

ꦧꦠꦸ (batu)

rock, stone
battery

Derived terms

ꦧꦼꦠꦺꦴꦤ꧀ (beton)

Further reading

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

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