ꦏꦫ

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Javanese[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /kɔ.rɔ/
  • Rhymes: -rɔ
  • Hyphenation: ka‧ra

Etymology 1[edit]

Inherited from Old Javanese kara.

Noun[edit]

ꦏꦫ (kara)

  1. (botany) hyacinth bean, lablab-bean, bonavist bean, bonavist pea, dolichos bean, seim, sem bean, lablab bean, Egyptian kidney bean, Indian bean, bataw, Australian pea; Lablab purpureus.
Descendants[edit]
  • Indonesian: kara

Etymology 2[edit]

Inherited from Old Javanese kara (hand; finger; ray of light, beam), from Sanskrit कर (kara, finger), कृ (kṛ, to make).

Noun[edit]

ꦏꦫ (kara)

  1. (archaic) hand
  2. (archaic) finger
  3. (archaic) trunk

Further reading[edit]

  • The Linguistic Center of Yogyakarta (2015) “kara”, in Kamus Basa Jawa (Bausastra Jawa) [Javanese Language Dictionary (Javanese Dictionary)] (in Javanese), Yogyakarta: Kanisius, →ISBN