ꦲꦭ

Javanese

Javanese writing system
Carakan ꦲꦭ
Pegon
Roman ala

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɔ.lɔ/
  • Rhymes: -lɔ
  • Hyphenation: a‧la

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Javanese hala (“bad, evil”).

Adjective

Javanese register set
ꦏꦿꦩ (krama): ꦲꦮꦺꦴꦤ꧀ (awon)
ꦔꦺꦴꦏꦺꦴ (ngoko): ꦲꦭ (ala)

ꦲꦭ (ala) (ngoko)

  1. bad
  2. ugly

Etymology 2

Inherited from Old Javanese hala (“plough”), from Sanskrit हल (hala, “plough”).

Noun

ꦲꦭ (hala)

  1. (archaic) plough

Further reading

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