ꦱꦼꦤ꧀ꦠꦤ

Javanese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Javanese santāna (“continuous succession, offspring”), from Sanskrit सन्तान (santāna, “child”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /sən.tɔ.nɔ/
  • Rhymes: -nɔ
  • Hyphenation: sen‧ta‧na

Noun

ꦱꦼꦤ꧀ꦠꦤ (sentana)

  1. (krama) family, relative
    Synonym: (ngoko) ꦱꦼꦢꦸꦭꦸꦂ (sedulur)
  2. adopted child
  3. retinue and family of a village headman
  4. (dialectal) cemetery
    Synonym: ꦥꦏꦸꦧꦸꦫꦤ꧀ (pakuburan)

Descendants
  • → Indonesian: sentana

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