sīma

Old Javanese

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit सीमा (sīmā, “limit, bounds, frontier”).

Noun

sīma

  1. freehold of a tenure or estate in land.
  2. Short for watu sīma (“border stone”).

Derived terms
  • asīma
  • kasīman
  • panīma
  • sumīma
  • sima brata
  • watu sīma

Descendants
  • Javanese: ꦱꦶꦩꦃ, ꦱꦺꦩꦃ (simah, sémah, “household, husband”)
  • → Balinese: ᬲᬶᬫ (sima, “border, cloistered area, village”)
  • → Indonesian: sima (“free tax area”) (learned)
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