nūsāntara

Old Javanese

Etymology

Compound of nūsa (“island”) +‎ antara (“interval, interspace; other, another, different”).

Noun

nūsāntara

the outer islands (from Java island perspective); these islands or achipelagic region later known as Indonesia in modern-day.
Synonyms: dwīpāntara, nūsāntara, paranūsa

Descendants

Javanese: ꦤꦸꦱꦤ꧀ꦠꦫ (Nusantara), ꦤꦸꦱ꧀ꦮꦤ꧀ꦠꦫ (Nuswantara)
- Banyumasan: Nusantara
- → Dutch: Nusantara (learned)
- → English: Nusantara (learned)
- → Indonesian: Nusantara
- → Malay: Nusantara
Osing: Nusantara
Tengger: Nusantara
→ Balinese: ᬦᬹᬲᬵᬦ᭄ᬢᬭ (Nusantara)
→ Sundanese: ᮔᮥᮞᮔ᮪ᮒᮛ (Nusantara)

Further reading

"nūsāntara" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

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