kontā

Old Javanese

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit कुन्त (kunta, “spear”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kon.ta/
• Rhymes: -ta
• Homophone: konta
• Hyphenation: kon‧tā

Noun

kontā

1. lance, pike, spear

   Synonyms: buntal, galah, gañjur, kontā, konta, paṇḍi, śakti, śūla, tomara, tumbak, wataṅ

Alternative forms

• konta

Derived terms

• aṅonta
• kinonta

 

• konta sari

 

Descendants

• > Javanese: ꦏꦸꦤ꧀ꦠ (kunta) (inherited)

Further reading

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