kawula

Indonesian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Malay kawula, from Javanese ꦏꦮꦸꦭ (kawula, servant; subject; I, me). Reconstructed as ke- + *wula.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [kaˈwula]
  • Hyphenation: ka‧wu‧la

Noun

kawula (first-person possessive kawulaku, second-person possessive kawulamu, third-person possessive kawulanya)

  1. servant
    Synonyms: abdi, hamba
  2. slave
    Synonym: budak

Pronoun

kawula

  1. (archaic) I (me, my)
    Synonym: saya

Derived terms

  • kawula muda

Further reading

Javanese

Romanization

kawula

  1. Romanization of ꦏꦮꦸꦭ

Malay

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Javanese ꦏꦮꦸꦭ (kawula).

Pronunciation

Noun

kawula

  1. (Javanese) slave

Pronoun

kawula

  1. (Javanese) I (me, my)

Synonyms

Descendants

  • Indonesian: kawula

Further reading

Old Javanese

Etymology

Unknown

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ka.wu.la/
  • Rhymes: -la
  • Hyphenation: ka‧wu‧la

Noun

kawula

  1. servant, follower, subject

Derived terms

  • aṅawula
  • aṅawulakĕn
  • kawuntĕn
  • kumawula
  • makawula

Descendants

Further reading

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