girilaya
Indonesian
Etymology
From Javanese girilaya (ꦒꦶꦫꦶꦭꦪ, “mountain”), from Sanskrit गिरि (giri, “hill, mountain”) + लय (laya, “death”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ɡi.riˈla.ja]
- Hyphenation: gi‧ri‧la‧ya
Noun
girilaya (first-person possessive girilayaku, second-person possessive girilayamu, third-person possessive girilayanya)
- hill that used for cemetery, resembling burial mound.
Related terms
- giri
Further reading
- “girilaya” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.