ꦫꦩ

Javanese
Javanese writing system
Carakan ꦫꦩ
Roman rama

Etymology

Inherited from Old Javanese rāma (“father”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /rɔ.mɔ/
  • Rhymes: -mɔ
  • Hyphenation: ra‧ma

Noun

ꦫꦩ (rama)

  1. title conferred on an adult male
  2. (honorific) father
    Synonym: (ngoko-krama) ꦧꦥꦏ꧀ (bapak)

Descendants
  • → Indonesian: rama, romo (semantic loan)

References
  • The Linguistic Center of Yogyakarta (2015) “rama”, in Kamus Basa Jawa (Bausastra Jawa) [Javanese Language Dictionary (Javanese Dictionary)] (in Javanese), Yogyakarta: Kanisius, →ISBN
  • "ꦫꦩ" in W. J. S. Poerwadarminta, Bausastra Jawa. J. B. Wolters' Uitgevers-Maatschappij N. V. Groningen, Batavia, 1939
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