Jawa

Genericization of a trade name and its founders. Acronym of "Ja"neček and "Wa"nderer.

Jawa

1. A Czech motorcycle manufacturer.

• ꨎꨥꨩ

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʑa.waː/

Jawa

1. Java (island)
2. Javanese (people or language)

Jawa m (plural Jawas)

1. (Star Wars) a fictional small humanoid race living on the fictional planet Tatooine in the franchise Star Wars

From Malay Jawa, from Javanese ꦗꦮ (jawa),

• From Sanskrit यव (yava, “barley, grain”).
• From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *zawa, from Proto-Austronesian *zawa. Cognate of Javanese ꦗꦼꦮꦮꦸꦠ꧀ (jewawut, “foxtail millet”).

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒa.wa/
• Hyphenation: ja‧wa
• Rhymes: -wa, -a

Jawa

1. Java (an island in Indonesia)

• “Jawa” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Jawa

1. Rōmaji transcription of ジャワ

Jawa

1. Romanization of ꦗꦮ

Jawa (Jawi spelling جاوا‎)

1. Java (an island in Indonesia)

Borrowed from Javanese ꦗꦮ (jawa), possibly from Sanskrit यव-द्वीप (yava-dvīpa).

• IPA^(key): /ˈja.va/
• Rhymes: -ava
• Syllabification: Ja‧wa
• Homophone: jawa

Jawa f

1. Java (island)

• Jawa in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• Jawa in Polish dictionaries at PWN

• ᮏᮝ (jawa)

1. Java (an island in Indonesia)

Jawa

1. Java