ꦭꦔꦶꦠ꧀

Javanese

Javanese writing system
Carakan ꦭꦔꦶꦠ꧀
Pegon
Roman langit

Etymology

Inherited from Old Javanese laṅit.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlɑːŋɪt̚/
  • Hyphenation: la‧ngit

Noun

ꦭꦔꦶꦠ꧀ (langit)

  1. sky (the atmosphere above a given point)
  2. heaven
    Synonyms: (ngoko) ꦱ꧀ꦮꦂꦒ (swarga), (krama) ꦱ꧀ꦮꦂꦒꦶ (swargi), ꦭꦔꦶꦠ꧀ (langit)

Derived terms

  • ꦔ꧀ꦭꦔꦶꦠ꧀ (nglangit)
  • ꦥ꧀ꦭꦔꦶꦠꦤ꧀ (plangitan)
  • ꦭꦔꦶꦠꦤ꧀ (langitan)

Compounds

  • ꦏꦼꦩ꧀ꦧꦁꦲꦶꦁꦭꦔꦶꦠ꧀ (kembang ing langit)
  • ꦠꦿꦁꦠꦿꦁꦭꦔꦶꦠ꧀ (trang-trang langit)
  • ꦭꦔꦶꦠ꧀ꦭꦔꦶꦠꦠ꧀ (langit-langit)
  • ꦱꦔ꧀ꦒꦭꦔꦶꦠ꧀ (sangga langit)
  • ꦱꦼꦏꦂꦲꦶꦁꦭꦔꦶꦠ꧀ (sekar ing langit)

Descendants

  • Banyumasan: langit

References

  1. ^ cf. "laṅit" in Zoetmulder, P.J. (1982). Old Javanese-English Dictionary

Further reading

  • The Linguistic Center of Yogyakarta (2011) “langit”, in Kamus Basa Jawa (Bausastra Jawa) [Javanese Language Dictionary (Javanese Dictionary)] (in Javanese), 2nd edition, Yogyakarta: Kanisius, →ISBN
  • "langit" in Elinor Clark Horne, Javanese-English Dictionary. Yale University Press, New Haven and London, 1974
  • langit” in Javanese-Indonesian Dictionary [Kamus Bahasa Jawa-Indonesia], Yogyakarta, Indonesia: The Linguistic Center of Yogyakarta Special [Balai Bahasa Provinsi Daerah Istimewa Yogyakarta], 2023.