ꦱꦭꦃ

Javanese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Javanese salah (“changing; deviating; wrong, mistaken; missed, escaped”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *salaq. Doublet of ꦱꦭ (sala).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sa.lah/
  • Rhymes: -lah
  • Hyphenation: sa‧lah

Adjective

ꦱꦭꦃ (salah)

  1. wrong

Derived terms

  • ꦏꦱꦭꦲꦤ꧀ (kasalahan)
  • ꦚꦭꦲꦏꦺ (nyalahaké)
  • ꦚꦭꦲꦶ (nyalahi)

Further reading

  • The Linguistic Center of Yogyakarta (2011), “salah”, in Kamus Basa Jawa (Bausastra Jawa) [Javanese Language Dictionary (Javanese Dictionary)] (in Javanese), 2nd edition, Yogyakarta: Kanisius, →ISBN
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