ꦠꦶꦮꦱ꧀

Javanese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Javanese tiwas (“failing, coming to nothing, being a disappointment; broken down, defeated, ruined, dead; failure, unsuccessfulness, shortcoming; breakdown, defeat, ruin, disaster, death”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ti.was/

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• Rhymes: -was
• Hyphenation: ti‧was

Verb

ꦠꦶꦮꦱ꧀ (tiwas)

1. to come to grief, to have an accident, to come off the worse.
2. to fail

Derived terms

• ꦏꦼꦠꦶꦮꦱꦤ꧀ (ketiwasan)
• ꦤꦶꦮꦱꦶ (niwasi)

 

• ꦠꦶꦮꦱ꧀ꦏꦼꦧꦼꦤꦼꦫꦤ꧀ (tiwas kebeneran)
• ꦠꦶꦮꦱ꧀ꦠꦸꦮꦱ꧀ (tiwas tuwas)

 

Adjective

ꦠꦶꦮꦱ꧀ (tiwas)

1. unlucky

Further reading

• “tiwas” in Javanese-Indonesian Dictionary [Kamus Bahasa Jawa-Indonesia], Yogyakarta, Indonesia: The Linguistic Center of Yogyakarta Special [Balai Bahasa Provinsi Daerah Istimewa Yogyakarta], 2023.