ꦱꦸꦮꦸꦤ꧀

Javanese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Javanese suhun (“to raise over the head; to pay homage; to accept respectfully; to ask respectfully”). Doublet of ꦱꦸꦲꦸꦤ꧀ (suhun).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /su.wun/
  • Rhymes: -wun
  • Hyphenation: su‧wun

Verb

ꦱꦸꦮꦸꦤ꧀ (suwun)

  1. (krama andhap) to ask (humbly)
    Synonyms: (ngoko) ꦚ꧀ꦗꦭꦸꦏ꧀ (njaluk), (krama andhap) ꦚꦸꦮꦸꦤ꧀ (nyuwun)

Derived terms
  • ꦏꦱꦸꦮꦸꦤ꧀ (kasuwun)
  • ꦚꦸꦮꦸꦤ꧀ (nyuwun)
  • ꦚꦺꦚꦸꦮꦸꦤ꧀ (nyényuwun)
  • ꦤꦸꦮꦸꦤ꧀ (nuwun)
  • ꦤꦺꦤꦸꦮꦸꦤ꧀ (nénuwun)
  • ꦥꦚꦸꦮꦸꦤꦤ꧀ (panyuwunan)
  • ꦥꦤꦸꦮꦸꦤ꧀ (panuwun)
  • ꦚꦸꦮꦸꦤ꧀ꦥꦶꦂꦱ (nyuwun pirsa)

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