dwipa
Indonesian
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Old Javanese dwīpa (“island”), from Sanskrit द्वीप (dvīpa, “island”).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈdwipa/ [ˈdwi.pa]
- Rhymes: -ipa
- Syllabification: dwi‧pa
Noun
dwipa (plural dwipa-dwipa)
Further reading
- “dwipa”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016
Javanese
Romanization
dwipa
- romanization of ꦢ꧀ꦮꦶꦥ
Old Javanese
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit द्विप (dvipa, “elephant”).
Pronunciation
Noun
dwipa
Alternative forms
- dipak
- dwipak
Further reading
- "dwipa" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.