ꦏꦿꦺꦠ

Javanese

Alternative forms
  • ꦏꦫꦺꦠ (karéta) (rarely used)
  • ꦫꦺꦠ (réta) (aphetic clipping)

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese carreta (“cart”). Parallel borrowings (from Portuguese) are Malay kereta (“car”), Indonesian kereta (“cart, train”), Sundanese karéta (“cart, carriage”), Balinese kréta (“cart, carriage”), Sinhalese කරත්තය (karattaya, “cart, carriage”), Tetum karreta (“car, train”).

Pronunciation
  • (Central, Eastern) IPA(key): /ˈkre.tɔ/
  • (Western) IPA(key): /ˈkrɛ.taʔ/
  • (Central, Eastern) Rhymes: -tɔ, -ɔ
  • (Western) Rhymes: -taʔ, -aʔ
  • Hyphenation: kré‧ta

Noun

ꦏꦿꦺꦠ (kréta)

  1. cart, carriage
    Synonyms: ꦏꦿꦺꦠ (kréta), ꦏꦿꦺꦴꦠꦺꦴ (kroto), ꦫꦠ (rata), ꦫꦠꦁꦒ (ratangga), ꦱꦏꦛ (sakatha), ꦱ꧀ꦮꦤ꧀ꦢꦤ (swandana), ꦥꦝꦠꦶ (padhati)
  2. train
    Synonym: ꦱꦼꦥꦸꦂ (sepur)

Derived terms
  • ꦏꦿꦺꦠꦒꦼꦂꦧꦺꦴꦁ (kréta gerbong)
  • ꦏꦿꦺꦠꦠꦸꦠꦸꦥꦤ꧀ (kréta tutupan)
  • ꦏꦿꦺꦠꦥꦼꦠꦼꦁ (kréta peteng)
  • ꦏꦿꦺꦠꦩꦺꦭꦺꦴꦂ (kréta mélor)
  • ꦏꦿꦺꦠꦩꦺꦴꦤ꧀ꦠꦺꦴꦂ (kréta montor)
  • ꦏꦿꦺꦠꦲꦥꦶ (kréta api)

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