English
lontar
Lontar comes from Old Javanese rontal ‘palm-leaf’.
- Old Javanesemodernrontal‘palm-leaf’
- Balinesemodernlontar
- Englishearliest quotation 1990same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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- Old Javanesemodernrontal‘palm-leaf’
- Balinesemodernlontar
- Englishearliest quotation 1990same form
Earliest quotation: 1990, Fred B. Eiseman, Jr.: “The nature of these powers is written in the…”
Every English word from Old Javanese rontal
Today it means
noun The palmyra or leaves of this tree as used for palm-leaf manuscripts in parts of Indonesia and Malaysia.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Old Javanese rontal / lontar