ꦒꦸꦤ

Javanese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Javanese guṇa (“quality, property; good quality, virtue, excellence, accomplishment, skill; use, employment; magic”), from Sanskrit गुण (guṇa, “single thread of a cord; -fold, times; subdivision, species, kind, quality, attribute, property; constituent of Prakṛti; property or characteristic of all created things”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɡu.nɔ/
  • Rhymes: -nɔ
  • Hyphenation: gu‧na

Noun

ꦒꦸꦤ (guna) (ngoko)

  1. use
  2. usefulness
  3. benefit

Synonyms
  • ꦒꦶꦤ (gina) (krama)

Derived terms
  • ꦏꦒꦸꦤꦤ꧀ (kagunan)
  • ꦔ꧀ꦒꦸꦤꦏꦏꦺ (nggunakaké)

Root

ꦒꦸꦤ (guna)

  1. spell

Derived terms
  • ꦔ꧀ꦒꦸꦤꦤꦶ (nggunani)

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