ꦱꦼꦥꦸꦃ

Javanese

Alternative forms

Carakan: ꦱꦼꦥꦸꦃ
Roman: sepah (dialectal), sêpah (dated, dialectal), sepoeh (dated), sêpuh (dated)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /sə.puh/
Rhymes: -puh
Hyphenation: se‧puh

Etymology 1

Affixed ꦥꦸꦃ (puh) +‎ s-.

Adjective

ꦱꦼꦥꦸꦃ (sepuh)

old
mature, ripe

Synonyms

ꦠꦸꦮ (tuwa)

Derived terms

ꦏꦱꦼꦥꦸꦲꦤ꧀ (kasepuhan)

Etymology 2

Inherited from Old Javanese sĕpuh (“hardening mixture for iron”).

Verb

ꦱꦼꦥꦸꦃ (sepuh)

to harden (steel).
to darken (colour of gold).
to poison fish (to catch fish).

Further reading

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

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