kiwa

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Balinese

Romanization

kiwa

  1. Romanization of ᬓᬶᬯ

Banjarese

Etymology

Borrowed from Javanese ꦏꦶꦮ (kiwa).

Noun

kiwa

  1. left (direction)

References

Japanese

Romanization

kiwa

  1. Rōmaji transcription of きわ

Javanese

Romanization

kiwa

  1. Romanization of ꦏꦶꦮ

Old Javanese

Etymology

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

Adjective

kiwa

  1. left

Derived terms

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

  1. third-person singular present of kiwać

Sundanese

Romanization

kiwa

  1. Romanization of ᮊᮤᮝ
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