garwa

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Indonesian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Javanese ꦒꦂꦮ (garwa, wife).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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

  1. (dialect) wife.
    Synonym: istri

Derived terms

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Further reading

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Javanese

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Romanization

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garwa

  1. Romanization of ꦒꦂꦮ.

Old Javanese

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

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garwa

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

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • > Javanese: ꦒꦂꦮ (garwa) (inherited)

Further reading

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

Sundanese

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Romanization

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garwa

  1. Romanization of ᮌᮁᮝ