ꦒꦸꦮ

Javanese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Javanese guhā (“hiding place, cave, cavern”), from Sanskrit गुहा (guhā, “cave”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): (Standard, Central-Eastern) /ɡu.wɔ/
  • Rhymes: -wɔ
  • Hyphenation: gu‧wa

Noun

ꦒꦸꦮ (guwa)

  1. cave

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