ꦱꦥ

Javanese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sɔ.pɔ/
  • Rhymes: -pɔ
  • Hyphenation: sa‧pa

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Javanese sapa (“to speak, to greet”).

Noun

ꦱꦥ (sapa)

  1. to greet
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Javanese register set
ꦏꦿꦩ (krama): ꦱꦶꦤ꧀ꦠꦼꦤ꧀ (sinten)
ꦔꦺꦴꦏꦺꦴ (ngoko): ꦱꦥ (sapa)

Inherited from Old Javanese sapa, syapa (“who (interrogative pronoun)”).

Pronoun

ꦱꦥ (sapa)

  1. (interrogative, ngoko) who: What person or people; which person or people; asks for the identity of someone; used in a direct or indirect question.
Derived terms
  • ꦚꦥ (nyapa)
  • ꦱꦥꦱꦥ (sapa-sapa)
  • ꦱꦥꦱꦶꦤꦥ (sapa-sinapa)

Etymology 3

Inherited from Old Javanese śāpa (“curse, malediction, abuse, oath, imprecation”), from Sanskrit शाप (śāpa, “spell, ban, curse”).

Noun

ꦱꦥ (sapa)

  1. (literary) curse

Further reading

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