ꦭꦪ

Javanese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lɔ.jɔ/
  • Rhymes: -jɔ
  • Hyphenation: la‧ya

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Javanese laya (“extinction, dissolution, destruction, death; calamity, misfortune, defeat”), from Sanskrit लय (laya, “destruction”).

Adjective

ꦭꦪ (laya)

  1. broken, damaged
  2. disappear
  3. dead

Etymology 2

Inherited from Old Javanese laya (“house, dwelling, abode, place of rest”), from Sanskrit लय (laya, “dwelling, house, residence”).

Noun

ꦭꦪ (laya)

  1. house
  2. place

Further reading

  • The Linguistic Center of Yogyakarta (2011) “laya”, in Kamus Basa Jawa (Bausastra Jawa) [Javanese Language Dictionary (Javanese Dictionary)] (in Javanese), 2nd edition, Yogyakarta: Kanisius, →ISBN
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