EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
Kawi (script)...
tea (gossip)...
That's the tea; That's the gossip....
Pang-uri
Perpekto, tama, o walang anumang pagkakamali.
/KA-wi/
FIL: Isang sinaunang sistema ng pagsulat na nagmula sa Java at ginamit sa malaking bahagi ng Timog-silangang Asya, kabilang ang Pilipinas, mula ika-8 hanggang ika-16 na siglo.
EN: Kawi (script)
Think of it as the great-great-grandparent of Baybayin. Kawi was the script used by ancient kingdoms in Southeast Asia for official documents, literature, and probably some serious ancient 'chismis' etched in copperplates. It's the 'alta' writing system of its time.
From Old Javanese 'kawi', meaning 'poet' or 'literary language'.
Usually capitalized as it is a proper noun.
🇵🇭 Pinag-aaralan ng mga historyador ang mga inskripsyon na nakasulat sa Kawi.
🇺🇸 Historians are studying the inscriptions written in Kawi.
🇵🇭 Ang Laguna Copperplate Inscription ay isang halimbawa ng dokumentong gumagamit ng sulat Kawi.
🇺🇸 The Laguna Copperplate Inscription is an example of a document that uses the Kawi script.
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Pang-uri
Perpekto, tama, o walang anumang pagkakamali.