kawi
/ˈkɑːwi/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.59 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A literary and prose language based on Old Javanese with a large number of Sanskrit loanwords, and used on the islands of Java, Bali, and Lombok.
name
The script used in writing this language.
Example Sentences
- "They speak the Javanese and Kawi languages, which they write in a native character. They are now Mahometans in Java, but Brahmins in Bali and Lombock."
- "The theory that Balinese religion was a branch of Indian Hinduism led the society to believe that the literature of ancient Bali should be in the classical language of India, but in fact the Kawi language has absolutely no grammatical connection to Sanskrit."
Etymology
From Sanskrit कवि (kavi).
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: कवि