kastawa
Indonesian
Etymology
Borrowed from Javanese ꦏꦱ꧀ꦠꦮ (kastawa), from Old Javanese kastawa.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [kasˈtawa]
- Hyphenation: kas‧ta‧wa
Noun
kastawa (plural kastawa-kastawa)
Further reading
- “kastawa” 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.
Javanese
Romanization
kastawa
- romanization of ꦏꦱ꧀ꦠꦮ
Old Javanese
Etymology
Affixed stawa (“praise, eulogy, song of praise, hymn”) + ka-.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kas.ˈta.wa/
- Rhymes: -wa
- Hyphenation: kas‧ta‧wa
Verb
kastawa
- to praise
Descendants
Further reading
- "kastawa" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.