kiwa

Borrowed from Old Javanese kiwa.

kiwa (Balinese script ᬓᬶᬯ)

1. (alus mider) left, opposite of right

   Synonyms: kebot, andap

Borrowed from Javanese ꦏꦶꦮ (kiwa).

kiwa

1. left (direction)

• Greenhill, S.J., Blust. R, & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271-283.

kiwa

1. Rōmaji transcription of きわ

kiwa

1. romanization of ꦏꦶꦮ

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ka-)wiʀi (compare Makasar kairi), from Proto-Austronesian *(ka-)wiʀi.

kiwa

1. left

• Javanese: ꦏꦶꦮ (kiwa, “left”)
  • → Banjarese: kiwa (“left”)
  • → Sundanese: kiwa (“left”)
• → Balinese: kiwa (“left”)

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈki.va/
• Rhymes: -iva
• Syllabification: ki‧wa

kiwa

1. third-person singular present of kiwać

Borrowed from Javanese ꦏꦶꦮ (kiwa, “left”), from Old Javanese kiwa (“left”).

kiwa (Sundanese script ᮊᮤᮝ)

1. left (of direction)

   Antonym: tengen