Jawa

Genericization of a trade name and its founders. Acronym of "Ja"neček and "Wa"nderer.

Jawa

1. A Czech motorcycle manufacturer.

Borrowed from Old Javanese jawa (“grain”), from Sanskrit यव (yava, “barley, grain”).

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒa.wə/
• Rhymes: -awə
• Hyphenation: Ja‧wa
• Homophone: jawa

Jawa (Balinese script ᬚᬯ)

1. Java (an island of Indonesia)

• “Jawa” in Balinese–Indonesian Dictionary [Kamus Bahasa Bali–Indonesia], Denpasar, Indonesia: The Linguistic Center of Bali Province [Balai Bahasa Provinsi Bali].

• ꨎꨥꨩ

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʑa.waː/

Jawa

1. Java (island)
2. Javanese (people or language)

Jawa m (plural Jawas)

1. (Star Wars) a fictional small humanoid race living on the fictional planet Tatooine in the franchise Star Wars

From Malay Jawa, from Javanese ꦗꦮ (jawa),

• From Sanskrit यव (yava, “barley, grain”).
• From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *zawa, from Proto-Austronesian *zawa. Cognate of Javanese ꦗꦼꦮꦮꦸꦠ꧀ (jewawut, “foxtail millet”).

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒawa/ [ˈd͡ʒa.wa]
• Rhymes: -awa
• Syllabification: Ja‧wa

Jawa

1. Java (an island of Indonesia)
2. Javanese an indigenous language spoken by Javanese people

• “Jawa” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Jawa

1. Rōmaji transcription of ジャワ

Jawa

1. (Indonesian) romanization of ꦗꦮ

Jawa (Jawi spelling جاوا)

1. Java (an island of Indonesia)

Jawa

1. Javanese - of the culture, language etc of people in the island of Java

   bahasa Jawa: the Javanese language

2. (informal, Malaysia, derogatory) olive or tan-skinned – especially used by those of fair complexion

   Synonyms: batak, sakai

   Si abang pos yang kau kata "muka Jawa" tulah yang tolong jumpa beg tangan kau. ― That postman that you call "ugly" was the same guy that found your purse.

from alt-case jawa.

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒawa/
• Rhymes: -wa
• Hyphenation: Ja‧wa

Jawa

1. Java: An island in the Indonesian Archipelago.

Jawa

1. Javanese

• > Javanese: ꦗꦮ (Jawa) (inherited)
• → Eastern Cham: ꨎꨥꨩ (Jawa)
• → Western Cham: ꨎꨥꨩ (javā)
  • → Khmer: ជ្វា (cviə)

• "Jawa" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

Borrowed from Javanese ꦗꦮ (jawa).

• IPA^(key): /ˈja.va/
• Rhymes: -ava
• Syllabification: Ja‧wa
• Homophone: jawa

Jawa f

1. Java (island)

• Jawa in Polish dictionaries at PWN

• (Sinūgan Parianun) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒawa/ [d͡ʒaˈwɑ]
• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: Ja‧wa

Jawa (Sulat Sūg spelling جَوَ)

1. Java