kaṇḍaṅ

Old Javanese

Etymology

Unknown, probably affixed aṇḍa (“egg”) +‎ ka- +‎ -aṅ (“definite article”). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kandaŋ/
  • Rhymes: -daŋ
  • Hyphenation: kaṇ‧ḍaṅ

Noun

kaṇḍaṅ

  1. pen, cowshed
    Synonyms: gobraja, kaṇḍaṅ, tunahan, patunahan, patuna-tunahan, wurugan

Descendants

  • > Javanese: ꦏꦤ꧀ꦝꦁ (kandhang) (inherited)

Further reading

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