ꦧꦱ

Javanese

Javanese writing system
Carakan	ꦧꦱ
Roman	basa (Indonesia), bâsâ (Suriname)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Javanese bhāṣa (“speech”), from Sanskrit भाषा (bhāṣā, “speech, language”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɔ.sɔ/
• Rhymes: -sɔ
• Hyphenation: ba‧sa

Noun

ꦧꦱ (basa) (krama-ngoko)

1. speech
2. language
3. polite register (in speech)

Alternative forms

• ꦧꦱꦼ (base) (Serang)

Derived terms

• ꦧꦱꦤ꧀ (basan)
• ꦧꦼꦧꦱꦤ꧀ (bebasan)
• ꦩ꧀ꦧꦱꦏꦺ (mbasaké)
• ꦩ꧀ꦧꦱꦤꦶ (mbasani)

 

References

• "ꦧꦱ" in W. J. S. Poerwadarminta, Bausastra Jawa. J. B. Wolters' Uitgevers-Maatschappij N. V. Groningen, Batavia, 1939
• The Linguistic Center of Yogyakarta (2015) “basa”, in Kamus Basa Jawa (Bausastra Jawa) [Javanese Language Dictionary (Javanese Dictionary)] (in Javanese), Yogyakarta: Kanisius, →ISBN