ꦱꦥ

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Javanese[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /sɔ.pɔ/
  • Rhymes: -pɔ
  • Hyphenation: sa‧pa

Etymology 1[edit]

Inherited from Old Javanese sapa (to speak, to greet).

Noun[edit]

ꦱꦥ (sapa)

  1. to greet
Derived terms[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

Javanese register set
ꦏꦿꦩ (krama): ꦱꦶꦤ꧀ꦠꦼꦤ꧀ (sinten)
ꦔꦺꦴꦏꦺꦴ (ngoko): ꦱꦥ (sapa)

Inherited from Old Javanese sapa, syapa (who (interrogative pronoun)).

Pronoun[edit]

ꦱꦥ (sapa)

  1. (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)

  1. (literary) curse

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