ꦱꦥ
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Javanese[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Inherited from Old Javanese sapa (“to speak, to greet”).
Noun[edit]
ꦱꦥ (sapa)
- to greet
Derived terms[edit]
- ꦚꦥ (nyapa)
- ꦱꦥꦱꦶꦤꦥ (sapa-sinapa)
Etymology 2[edit]
Javanese register set |
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ꦏꦿꦩ (krama): ꦱꦶꦤ꧀ꦠꦼꦤ꧀ (sinten) |
ꦔꦺꦴꦏꦺꦴ (ngoko): ꦱꦥ (sapa) |
Inherited from Old Javanese sapa, syapa (“who (interrogative pronoun)”).
Pronoun[edit]
ꦱꦥ (sapa)
- (interrogative, ngoko) who: What person or people; which person or people; asks for the identity of someone; used in a direct or indirect question.
Derived terms[edit]
Etymology 3[edit]
Inherited from Old Javanese śāpa (“curse, malediction, abuse, oath, imprecation”), from Sanskrit शाप (śāpa, “spell, ban, curse”).
Noun[edit]
ꦱꦥ (sapa)
Further reading[edit]
- The Linguistic Center of Yogyakarta (2015) “sapa”, in Kamus Basa Jawa (Bausastra Jawa) [Javanese Language Dictionary (Javanese Dictionary)] (in Javanese), Yogyakarta: Kanisius, →ISBN