overwordExplorer
INDONESIAN · A WORD WITH POSSIBILITIES

akuwu.

head, chief of village in ancient Java

5 characters3 syllables approx.Bahasa Indonesia language

Meaning & usage

noun/aˈkuwu/Standard-Indonesian[aˈku.wu]Standard-Indonesian
  1. head, chief of village in ancient Java

    historical
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Javanese ꦲꦏꦸꦮꦸ (akuwu, “head, chief of village”), from Old Javanese akuwu (“to have a dwelling, live in a kuwu; to be head of a kuwu, reside”).

FROM WORD TO NAME

Try it on your idea.

akuwu has 5 characters. Say it out loud, try it alongside a description of your project, and see whether its meaning fits what you want to create.

akuwu studioakuwu workshello, akuwu

These are naming prompts. Meanings and pronunciation can vary; existing brand and domain uses have not been checked.

Explore the name generator

A word with a source.

Definitions, grammatical labels, IPA, etymology and examples: Wiktionary contributors, extracted by Kaikki / Wiktextract. Adapted under CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected fields and authored examples are shown; third-party quotations and audio are omitted. See contributor history.

Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.