garwa

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Javanese ꦒꦂꦮ (garwa, “wife”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈɡarwa]
  • Hyphenation: gar‧wa

Noun

garwa (plural garwa-garwa, first-person possessive garwaku, second-person possessive garwamu, third-person possessive garwanya)

  1. (dialect) wife.
    Synonym: istri

Derived terms
  • garwa ampeyan
  • garwa ampil
  • garwa padmi

Further reading

Javanese

Romanization

garwa

  1. Romanization of ꦒꦂꦮ.

Old Javanese

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit गर्व (garva, “pride, arrogance”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɡar.wa/
  • Rhymes: -wa
  • Hyphenation: gar‧wa

Adjective

garwa

  1. proud
  2. arrogant
  3. infuriated, savage, frenzied

Derived terms
  • kagarwan

Descendants
  • > Javanese: ꦒꦂꦮ (garwa) (inherited)

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

Sundanese

Romanization

garwa

  1. Romanization of ᮌᮁᮝ
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