kawi.
Old Javanese:
Meaning & usage
Old Javanese: the oldest attested form of Javanese language spoken up to the thirteenth century
Old Javanese: the oldest and most extensive written language of Southeast Asia (chiefly, in terms of written records, and the most extensive in the number and variety of its texts)
poet, author
typical Javanese idioms with Old Javanese language in poetry
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from Javanese ꦏꦮꦶ (kawi), from Old Javanese kawi (“poet”), from Sanskrit कवि (kavi).
traditional Buginese tie or binding technique
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from Buginese ᨀᨓᨗ (kawi).
strong
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from Arabic قَوِي (qawī, “strong”).
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