ꦮꦭꦶ

• IPA^(key): /wa.li/
• Rhymes: -li
• Hyphenation: wa‧li

Borrowed from Malay wali, from Arabic وَلِيّ (waliyy).

ꦮꦭꦶ (wali)

1. custodian.
2. guardian.
3. apostle, saint.

Inherited from Old Javanese wali (“ritual requisites; ceremonial clothes”), bali (“tribute, offering”), from Sanskrit बलि (bali).

ꦮꦭꦶ (wali)

1. yellow drapery for ceremonial use
2. small, sharp carving knife

Inherited from Old Javanese wali (“again, once more”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bali (“reverse, turn around”), from Proto-Austronesian *baliw (“return”).

ꦮꦭꦶ (wali)

1. repeatedly

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