ꦭꦏꦺꦴꦤ꧀

Javanese

Etymology

Affixed ꦭꦏꦸ (laku) +‎ -ꦲꦤ꧀ (-an), inherited from Old Javanese lakwan (“going, where or how one goes, walking or travelling distance”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /lakɔn/

Noun

ꦭꦏꦺꦴꦤ꧀ (lakon)

Descendants

→ Malay: lakon
→ Indonesian: lakon
→ Thai: ละคร (lá-kɔɔn)
- → English: lakorn (“Thai television drama”)
- → Khmer: ល្ខោន (lkhaon, “play; show; drama”)
- → Lao: ລະຄອນ (la khǭn, “show, play, drama”)

Further reading

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

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