ꦤꦒ
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Javanese[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Inherited from Old Javanese nāga (“naga”), from Sanskrit नाग (nāga, “naga”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)nog-ó-s (with *a regularly lengthened by Brugmann's law), from *(s)neg- (“to crawl; a creeping thing”).
Noun[edit]
ꦤꦒ (naga)
Derived terms[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
Inherited from Old Javanese nāga (“elephant”), from Sanskrit नाग (nāga, “elephant”), from Proto-Indo-European *negʷ- (“naked”), i.e. “the hairless one”.
Noun[edit]
ꦤꦒ (naga)
Further reading[edit]
- The Linguistic Center of Yogyakarta (2015) “naga”, in Kamus Basa Jawa (Bausastra Jawa) [Javanese Language Dictionary (Javanese Dictionary)] (in Javanese), Yogyakarta: Kanisius, →ISBN