English words from Javanese
- javaA chicken of the Java breed which was developed in the United States.
- batikA wax-resist method of dyeing fabric.
- gamelanA genre of music of Indonesian origin typically featuring metallophones, xylophones, drums, gongs and a bamboo flute (called a suling).
- bukaThe short introduction to a gamelan piece, generally played by a single instrument in a free rhythm, with the kendhang coming in on the last few notes to set the tempo.
- cantingThat cants or preaches in a false manner.
- kratonA Javanese or Balinese royal court or palace.
- laharA volcanic mudflow.
- SubudAn international spiritual movement that began in Indonesia in the 1920s.
- AbanganA Muslim Javanese person who practices a much more syncretic version of Islam than the more orthodox santri.
- banxringAn shrew-like insectivorous mammal of the order Scandentia
- bedhayaA sacred ritual Javanese dance, associated with the royal palaces of Yogyakarta and Surakarta.
- BekisarAn Eastern Javan hybrid between a green junglefowl and either the local subspecies of red junglefowl, Gallus gallus bankiva, or a domestic chicken.
- djongAn ancient kind of sailing ship originating from Java.
- hanacarakaThe traditional arrangement of the letters of the Javanese and Balinese scripts.
- imbalThe gamelan technique of rapid alternation of a melodic line between instruments.
- kendhangA drum used in gamelan music.
- kidangmuntjac
- linchiThe edible-nest swiftlet (Aerodramus fuciphagus)
- linsangAny of the members of two catlike Asian animal species classified in the mammalian family Prionodontidae.
- manucodeAny of the birds of paradise in the genus Manucodia.
- nasi udukAn Indonesian dish of rice cooked in coconut milk with spices.
- panjiPanji, prince and main character in the Panji tales
- ProbolinggoA city in East Java, Indonesia.
- slendroA pentatonic scale, the older of the two most common scales used in Indonesian gamelan music, the other being pelog.
- tambakIn Java, a brackish pond for raising fish and growing rice.
- tjantingA pen-like tool used to apply liquid wax in the batik process.
- waringinSynonym of weeping fig (“tree Ficus benjamina”).