kastawa
Indonesian
Etymology
From Javanese ꦏꦱ꧀ꦠꦮ (kastawa), from Old Javanese kastawa (which can be reconstructed as ke- + *astawa), from Sanskrit आस्ताव (āstāva, “praise, hymn”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [kasˈtawa]
- Hyphenation: kas‧ta‧wa
Noun
kastawa (first-person possessive kastawaku, second-person possessive kastawamu, third-person possessive kastawanya)
- (rare) praise and worship.
Further reading
- “kastawa” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.