cūta

Old Javanese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t͡ʃu.ta/
  • Rhymes: -ta
  • Homophone: cuta
  • Hyphenation: cū‧ta

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Sanskrit चूत (cūta).

Noun

cūta

  1. mango
    Synonym: poh

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Pali cuta (“fallen”), from Sanskrit च्युत् (cyut, “to flow, trickle, ooze; to fall down”).

Noun

cūta

  1. base, mean

Adjective

cūta

  1. impure, unclean
Alternative forms
Descendants
  • > Javanese: ꦕꦸꦠ (cuta) (inherited)

Further reading

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