hantiga

Old Javanese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Affixed tiga (“three”) +‎ (m)aN-. Probably a taboo-motivated lexical replacement of hantĕlu (“egg”) as tiga (“three”) and tĕlu (“three”).

Noun

hantiga

  1. egg
    Synonyms: aṇḍa, aṇḍaja, ĕṇḍog, hantĕlu, hantiga, hantrini

Derived terms

Further reading

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