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Javanese, a. and n.|dʒaːvəˈniːz, dzæv-|
[f. Javan + -ese.]
A. adj. Of or pertaining to Java, Javan.B. n. A native of Java (formerly with pl. Javaneses); also, the language of central Java, belonging to the Malayan family.
1704Churchill Collect. Voy. III. 724/1 The Javaneses and Mardykers. 1811J. Leyden in Scott Biog. Notices (1880) II. 192 note, We will be joined by all the Malays and Javanese. 1836N. Wiseman Twelve Lect. Sci. & Revealed Relig. I. i. 47 Among these languages [sc. the vernacular Indo-Chinese languages on the continent] he [sc. J. Leyden] reckons the Bugis, Javanese, Malayu,..and others. Ibid. 48 Javanese..is peculiarly deficient in grammatical forms. 1841Penny Cycl. XIX. 467/2 The scapula of the Javanese Rhinoceros. 1847F. A. Kemble Let. 23 June in Rec. Later Life (1882) III. 204 Patagonians, Javanese, from the Cordilleras, from Peru..—the flower tribes of the whole earth. 1858Faber tr. Life Xavier 340 Malay and Javanese soldiers. 1869Month June 612 Javanese servants and porters. 1933[see Formosan a. and n.]. 1961P. Kemp Alms for Oblivion v. 85 The peoples of Indonesia, many of whom differed widely in language, religion and culture from the Moslem Javanese. Ibid. 86 The full fury of Javanese chauvinism was reserved for the Eurasians. 1964R. Perry World of Tiger ii. 26 A Javanese tiger..carried off a girl. 1969Word XXV. 323 All masculine names are either first names (in Javanese terminology nama alit, little names) or second names. 1973D. May Laughter in Djakarta i. 7 He peered into the warm Javanese night from the betjak—the bicycle rickshaw—in which he was riding. Ibid. 18 The other, Subekto, evidently a Javanese like Sumitro, laughed softly. |