garwa

Indonesian

Etymology

From Javanese garwa (ꦒꦂꦮ), from Old Javanese garwa, probably from Sanskrit गृह (gṛha, house, family, wife, assistant).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɡarwa]
  • Hyphenation: gar‧wa

Noun

garwa (plural garwa-garwa, first-person possessive garwaku, second-person possessive garwamu, third-person possessive garwanya)

  1. (dialect) wife.
    Synonym: istri

Derived terms

  • garwa ampeyan
  • garwa ampil
  • garwa padmi

Further reading

Javanese

Romanization

garwa

  1. Romanization of ꦒꦂꦮ.

Sundanese

Romanization

garwa

  1. Romanization of ᮌᮁᮝ
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