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Javanese en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *yew- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *yéwos Proto-Indo-Iranian *yáwas Sanskrit यव (yava)bor.? Proto-Austronesian *zawa Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *zawader.? Old Javanese jawa Old Javanese Jawa Javanese Jawabor. English Java English -n- Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-iskbor. Late Latin -iscus ▲ Vulgar Latin -iscus Latin -ēnsis Old French -eisbor. Middle English -eys English -ese English Javanese From Java + -n- + -ese.

Meanings

1. A person belonging to the Javanese people (one of the indigenous groups native to Java island).
2. A cat of a certain domestic cat breed.

Forms

Translations (34)

pt jau (person) · nl Javaanse (person) · sv javanes (person) · nl Javaan (person) · pl Jawajczyk (person) · mr यवद्वीपी (person) · it giavanese (person) · ca javanès (person) · ka იაველი (person) · jv tiyang Jawi (person) · hi यवद्वीपी (person) · ms orang Jawa (person) · de Javaner (person) · es javanés (person) · fr Javanais (person) · id orang Jawa (person) · pl Jawajka (person) · da javaneser (person) · da javaner (person) · km ជ្វា (person) · ka იავის მცხოვრები (person) · pt javanês (person) · ru ява́нка (person) · fr Javanaise (person) · cmn 爪哇人 (person) · srn Yampanesi (person) · ga Iávach (person) · gl xavanés (person) · jv wong Jawa (person) · fi jaavalainen (person) · ru ява́нец (person) · hu jávai (person) · ms Jawa (person) · de Javanerin (person)

Javanese en · PROPN

Pronunciation

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• /dʒɑː.vəˈniːz/ (UK)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *yew- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *yéwos Proto-Indo-Iranian *yáwas Sanskrit यव (yava)bor.? Proto-Austronesian *zawa Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *zawader.? Old Javanese jawa Old Javanese Jawa Javanese Jawabor. English Java English -n- Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-iskbor. Late Latin -iscus ▲ Vulgar Latin -iscus Latin -ēnsis Old French -eisbor. Middle English -eys English -ese English Javanese From Java + -n- + -ese.

Meanings

1. An indigenous Malayo-Polynesian language spoken by Javanese people.
   • They speak the Javanese and Kawi languages, which they write in a native character. They are now Mahometans in Java, but Brahmins in Bali and Lombock. 1869, Alfred Russel Wallace, The Malay Archipelago, volume II, London: Macmillan and Co., page 440:

Relateds

Javanic · Wiktionary’s coverage of Javanese terms · Javanesic

Translations (30)

es javanés (language) · pt javanês (language) · cmn 爪哇語 /爪哇语 (language) · ja ジャワ語 (language) · fi jaava (language) · km ជ្វា (language) · id Jawa (language) · ka იავური (language) · ga Iáivis (language) · da javansk (language) · ms Jawa (language) · ru ява́нский (language) · fi jaavan kieli (language) · da javanesisk (language) · pt jau (language) · ms bahasa Jawa (language) · nl Javaans (language) · ka იავის (language) · jv basa Jawa (language) · fr javanais (language) · ca javanès (language) · hu jávai (language) · sv javanesiska (language) · it giavanese (language) · id bahasa Jawa (language) · de Javanisch (language) · cs javánština (language) · hy ճավայերեն (language) · gl xavanés (language) · pl (język) jawajski (language)