ꦱꦮꦸꦁ

Javanese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Javanese sawuṅ (“cock, fighting-cock; cock-fight”, literally “gathering”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sabuŋ (“pit two opponents against each other; cockfight”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /sa.wʊŋ/
  • Rhymes: -wʊŋ
  • Hyphenation: sa‧wung

Noun

ꦱꦮꦸꦁ (sawung)

  1. (krama) cock, rooster.
    Synonyms: (ngoko) ꦗꦒꦺꦴ (jago), (literary) ꦱꦠ (sata)
  2. (dialectal, krama) chicken
    Synonym: ꦥꦶꦠꦶꦏ꧀ (pitik)

Verb

ꦱꦮꦸꦁ (sawung)

  1. to carry on one's arms

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