sīma

See also: Appendix:Variations of "sima"

Old Javanese

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit सीमा (sīmā, “limit, bounds, frontier”).

Noun

sīma

  1. freehold of a tenure or estate in land.
  2. short for watu sīma (“border stone”)

Derived terms

  • asīma
  • kasīman
  • panīma
  • sumīma

Descendants

  • Javanese: ꦱꦶꦩꦃ, ꦱꦺꦩꦃ (simah, sémah, “household, husband”)
  • → Balinese: sima (“border, cloistered area, village”)
  • → Indonesian: sima (“free tax area”) (learned)

Further reading

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