kiwa

Balinese

Romanization

kiwa

Romanization of ᬓᬶᬯ

Banjarese

Etymology

Borrowed from Javanese ꦏꦶꦮ (kiwa).

Noun

kiwa

left (direction)

References

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

Javanese

Romanization

kiwa

Romanization of ꦏꦶꦮ

Old Javanese

Etymology

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

Adjective

kiwa

left

Derived terms

aṅiwa
aṅiwākĕn
kakiwa
kiwan
paṅiwa

Descendants

Javanese: ꦏꦶꦮ (kiwa, “left”)
- → Banjarese: kiwa (“left”)
- → Sundanese: ᮊᮤᮝ (kiwa, “left”)
→ Balinese: ᬓᬶᬯ (kiwa, “left”)

Further reading

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

Polish

Pronunciation

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

Verb

kiwa

third-person singular present of kiwać

Sundanese

Romanization

kiwa

Romanization of ᮊᮤᮝ

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