ꦕꦤꦺꦭ

Javanese

Javanese writing system
Carakan ꦕꦤꦺꦭ
Pegon
Roman canéla

Etymology

From Portuguese chinela (“flip-flop”), ultimately from Italian pianella (“mule (heelless slipper)”). Distant cognate of Tagalog tsinelas.

Noun

ꦕꦤꦺꦭ (canéla)

  1. a kind of velvet slipper

Descendants

  • → Sundanese: canéla

Further reading

  • “canela” in Javanese-Indonesian Dictionary [Kamus Bahasa Jawa-Indonesia], Yogyakarta, Indonesia: The Linguistic Center of Yogyakarta Special [Balai Bahasa Provinsi Daerah Istimewa Yogyakarta], 2023.
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