ꦭꦸꦫꦃ

Javanese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Javanese lurah (“chief, officer, head; region, province”, literally “ravine, gorge, valley, depth”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lu.rah/
  • Hyphenation: lu‧rah

Noun

ꦭꦸꦫꦃ (lurah)

  1. village chief
  2. chief

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Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Indonesian: lurah (semantic loan)

Further reading

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