Javanese Vocabulary

    Learning the Javanese Vocabulary is very important because its structure is used in every day conversation. The more you master it the more you get closer to mastering the Javanese language. But first we need to know what the role of Vocabulary is in the structure of the grammar in Javanese.
    Javanese vocabulary is the set of words you should be familiar with. A vocabulary usually grows and evolves with age, and serves as a useful and fundamental tool for communication and acquiring knowledge.

Here are some examples:

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English Vocabulary	Javanese Vocabulary
colors	werna
black	ireng
blue	biru
brown	coklat
gray	abu-abu
green	ijo
orange	kuning telo
purple	ungu
red	abang
white	putih
yellow	kuning
sizes	ukuran
big	gedhe
deep	jeru
long	dawa
narrow	ciut
short	cendak/cekak
small	cilik
tall	dhuwur
thick	kandel
thin	tipis
wide	ombo
shapes	bentuk
circular	bunder
straight	jejeg
square	kothak
triangular	segitiga
tastes	rasa
bitter	pahit
fresh	seger
salty	asin
sour	asem
spicy	pedes
sweet	legi
qualities	sifat
bad	elek
clean	resik
dark	peteng
difficult	angel
dirty	reged
dry	garing
easy	gampang
empty	kosong
expensive	larang
fast	cepet
full	kebek
good	apik
hard	atos
heavy	abot
inexpensive	murah
light	entheng
local	lokal
new	berita
noisy	ribut
old	tuo
powerful	kuat
quiet	sepi
correct	bener
slow	alon
soft	lembut
very	banget
weak	lemes/loyo
wet	teles
wrong	salah
young	nom
quantities	jumlah
few	sithik
little	sithik
many	akeh
much	akeh
part	sebagian
some	pirang-pirang
a few	pirang-pirang
whole	kabeh
arm	tangan
back	punggung
cheeks	pipi
chest	dada
chin	bathuk
ear	kuping
elbow	sikut
eye	mata
face	rai
finger	driji
fingers	driji-driji
foot	sikil
hair	rambut
hand	tangan
head	sirah
heart	ati
knee	dengkul
leg	sikil
lip	lambe
mouth	cangkem
neck	gulu
nose	irung
shoulder	pundak
stomach	weteng
teeth	untu
thigh	kempol
throat	tenggorokan
thumb	jempol
toe	tungkak
tongue	ilat
tooth	untu
adverbs of time	keterangan wektu
yesterday	wingi
today	dina ini
tomorrow	sesuk
now	saiki
then	terus
later	mengko
tonight	mbengi iki
right now	saiki
last night	mau bengi
this morning	esuk iki
next week	minggu ngarep
already	wis
recently	lagi ae/akhir-akhir iki
lately	akhir-akhir iki
soon	ndang
immediately	pisan
still	isih
yet	durung
ago	kepungkur (one year ago= tahun wingi/tahun kepungkur)
adverbs of place	keterangan papan
here	ning kene
there	ning kono
over there	ning kono
everywhere	nendi-nendi
anywhere	nendi ae
nowhere	ora nendi-nendi
home	omah
away	lungo
out	metu
adverbs of manner	keterangan cara
very	banget
quite	tenan
pretty	banget
really	bener-bener
fast	cepet
well	apik
hard	atos
quickly	cepet
slowly	alon
carefully	ati-ati
hardly	meh ora
barely	meh ora
mostly	akeh-akeh
almost	meh
absolutely	jelas
together	bareng-bareng
alone	dewekan
adverbs of frequency	keterangan frekuensi
always	mesti
frequently	sering
usually	biasane
sometimes	kadang-kadang
occasionally	kadang-kadang
seldom	jarang
rarely	jarang
never	ora tau/ora pernah
numbers	angka
one	siji
two	loro
three	telu
four	papat
five	lima
six	enem
seven	pitu
eight	wolu
nine	sanga
ten	sepuluh
eleven	sewelas
twelve	rolas
thirteen	telulas
fourteen	patbelas
fifteen	limalas
sixteen	nembelas
seventeen	pitulas
eighteen	wolulas
nineteen	sangalas
twenty	rongpuluh
hundred	satus
one thousand	sewu
million	sak juta
Ordinal Numbers	nomer urutan
first	pertama
second	nomer loro
third	nomer telu
fourth	nomer papat
fifth	nomer lima
sixth	nomer nem
seventh	nomer pitu
eighth	nomer wolu
ninth	nomer sanga
tenth	nomer sepuluh
eleventh	nomer sewelas
twelfth	nomer rolas
thirteenth	nomer telulas
fourteenth	nomer patbelas
fifteenth	nomer limalas
sixteenth	nomer nembelas
seventeenth	nomer pitulas
eighteenth	nomer wolulas
nineteenth	nomer sangalas
twentieth	nomer rong puluh
once	ping pisan
twice	ping pindo