windu

windu

1. Romanization of ᬯᬶᬦ᭄ᬤᬸ (windu, “zero; dot, period, point”)

From Malay windu, from Javanese ꦮꦶꦤ꧀ꦢꦸ (windu, “a period of eight (Javanese) years”), from Old Javanese windu (“drop; moon; zero; ten, a period of ten years”), from Sanskrit विन्दु (vindu), a variant of बिन्दु (bindu, “drop, point”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈwind̪u]
• Hyphenation: win‧du

windu (plural windu-windu, first-person possessive winduku, second-person possessive windumu, third-person possessive windunya)

1. eight years units of time.

• “windu” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

windu

1. Romanization of ꦮꦶꦤ꧀ꦢꦸ (“a period of eight (Javanese) years”)

Borrowed from Sanskrit विन्दु (vindu), a variant of बिन्दु (bindu, “drop, point”).

• IPA^(key): /windu/
• Rhymes: -du
• Hyphenation: win‧du

windu

1. drop
2. moon

   Synonyms: candra, lek, śaśi, soma

3. zero
4. ten
5. decade: a period of ten years

• Javanese: ꦮꦶꦤ꧀ꦢꦸ (windu, “a period of eight (Javanese) years”)
  • → Indonesian: windu (“eight years”)
• → Balinese: ᬯᬶᬦ᭄ᬤᬸ (windu, “zero; dot, period, point”)

• "windu" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.