Kawi
Kawi was an Austronesian language once spoken in Indonesia.
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Old Javanese or Kawi is an Austronesian language and the oldest attested phase of the Javanese language. It was natively spoken in the central and eastern part of Java Island, what is now Central Java, Yogyakarta and East Java Provinces, Indonesia.
As a literary language, Kawi was used across Java and on the islands of Madura, Bali, and Lombok.
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Words in Kawi
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| name | ngaran | |
| eye | mata | |
| nose | hirung | |
| tooth | huntu | |
| tongue | ilat | |
| blood | rah | |
| knee | dĕkung | |
| water | wai | |
| fire | agni | |
| moon | śaśi | |
| star | wintaṅ | |
| wind | hangin | |
| stone | watu | |
| mountain | wukir | |
| river | kali | |
| sea | sagara | |
| tree | kayu | |
| leaf | ron | |
| night | wĕṅi | |
| dog | asu | |
| fish | iwak | |
| bird | manuk | |
| pig | wők | |
| snake | ulă | |
| one | tunggal | |
| two | rwa | |
| three | tĕlu | |
| four | pat | |
| five | lima | |
| ten | sapuluh |
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Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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