Kawi
- Old Javanese language based upon Sanskrit, that evolved in South India and was transmitted to Java
- one or several literary or theatrical languages that are not modern Balinese. Now archaic but used in contemporary Balinese readings, poems, chants, and songs that are usually performed in some sort of religious context and in some theatrical performances, usually accompanied by translation into the vernacular. In Old Javanese, the word kawi means classical poet
- the poetry is known as kakawine.
Usage Examples
⚙ Usage examples pulled from the Virtual Library
In Balinese: Duh Ratnayu: Tembang Kawi Mendamba Cinta (2001)
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In Indonesian: Kamus Istilah Sastra Indonesia (1991)
In Balinese: Sakewanten, kalih sejarawan Belanda, inggih punika Bermund miwah Kern ngeniang mantra-mantra punika kacampuh sareng basa Jawi purwa (Kawi) tur kaanggen pinaka mantra pangawit ring sakancan upacara ageng ring Bali.
In English: However, two Dutch historians, Bermund and Kern, found that these mantras were mixed with ancient Javanese (Kawi) language and were used as initial mantras in major Balinese rituals.
In Indonesian: Namun, dua orang sejarawan Belanda, yaitu Bermund dan Kern menemukan bahwa mantra-mantra tersebut bercampur dengan bahasa Jawa kuno (Kawi) dan digunakan sebagai mantra awal dalam ritual-ritual besar di Bali.
In Balinese: Sakewanten sangkanin sih Ida SangHyang Parama Kawi I Grantang nyidayang ngamenekang.
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In Balinese: Saking sisi basanipun, lontar puniki nganggen basa Kawi (jawi purwa) ring lempiran-lempiran kapertama.
In English: Dwijendra Tattwa is a lontar (palm leaf manuscript) which tells the journey of Dang Hyang Nirartha from Pasuruan (East Java) to the end of his life in Uluwatu, Bali.
In Indonesian: Dwijendra Tattwa adalah sebuah lontar yang mengisahkan perjalanan Dang Hyang Nirartha dari Pasuruan (Jawa Timur) hingga akhir riwayat beliau di Uluwatu, Bali.
In Balinese: Yéning dumun para panglingsiré ten ajerih ngangkat bambu runcing ngalawan kaum penjajah, sané mangkin ngiring iraga sareng sami krama Bali dados "Pahlawan" malarapan antuk di jumah gén taler sareng-sareng ngastiti mapinunas majeng ring Ida Sang Hyang Parama Kawi dumogi Covid-19 sagerehan matilar ring Pulau Dewata lan makasami kapica karahayuan.
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In Indonesian:
In Balinese: Ditu lantas makasami ngulengang kayun nunas pasuecan Ida Hyang Parama Kawi.
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In Balinese: Pinaka cihna warisan budaya kabuktiang saking tinggalan-tinggalan arkeologi sane akeh miwah genah wisata sane nudut kayun para wisatawan minakadi goa gajah miwah candi tebing gunung kawi.
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In Balinese: Dang Hyang Nirartha ngripta akeh pisan kakawian ring basa Kawi.
In English: This Kakawin has been translated into Indonesian by Ida Bagus Agastia, and collected in a book titled "At the Foot of the Island of Bali".
In Indonesian: Apabila alam dirusak, maka tubuh dan pikiran manusia juga dirusak.
In Balinese: Ring album Svara semesta Ayu Laksmi nagingin antuk genre World Musik, taler madasar antuk unteng pawongan, palemahan lan parahyangan, sasuratan-sasuratan saking gendingan Ayu Laksmi ring album Svara Semesta kasurat ring limang basa inggih punika: Sanskrit, Kawi, Bali, Indonesia, Inggris.
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In Indonesian: Ayu kembali hijrah ke Bali pada tahun 1992 guna melanjutkan kuliah di Fakultas Hukum Universitas Udayana, dan lulus sebagai Sarjana Hukum pada tahun 1993.
In Balinese: Dané teleb pisan ring paplajahan basa Kawi sajeroning Adiparwa.
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In Indonesian: Di désa juga pernah dipercaya menjadi bendésa adat Désa Sulang
In Balinese: Cakepan-cakepan dané sané sampun kawedar luiré:
Kenangan demi Kenangan (1981) Puisi Seputar Dunia – Terjemahan (1984) Sajak-sajak Timur Jauh dalam Terjemahan (1985) Gumam Seputar Aprésiasi Sastra : Sejumlah Ésai dan Catatan (1985) Perbandingan Kata dan Istilah bahasa Malaysia-Indonésia (1987) Mengenal Sastra Bali Modérn (1991) Kamus Istilah Sastra Indonésia (1991) Wajah Tuhan: di Mata Penyair (1994) Cerita Rakyat dari Bali 2 (1997) Rerasan Sajeroning Désa (Pupulan Puisi Bali, 2000) Duh Ratnayu: Tembang Kawi Mendamba Cinta (2001) Tafsir Simbolik Cerita Bagus Diarsa (2002) Ning Brahman (Pupulan Puisi Bali, 2002) SungaiMu (2004) Somah (Pupulan Puisi Bali, 2008)Niki wantah silih sinunggil puisi kakawiannyané sané mamurda “Patapan I Kedis” sané kamuat ring cakepan pupulan puisi Bali anyar dané sané mamurda “Somah (2008)”
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In Balinese: Kakawian-kakawian danéné sané mabasa Bali kawedar ring Bali Orti (Bali Post), Médiaswari (Pos Bali), Bali Aga, Jurnal Kawi, miwah Canang Sari.
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In Indonesian: Karangan-karangannya yang berbahasa Bali dimuat pada Bali Orti (Bali Post), Mediaswari (Pos Bali), Bali Aga, Jurnal Kawi, serta Canang Sari.
In Balinese: Kakawin puniki kasalin antuk basa Jawi purwa (Kawi) olih Mpu Yogiswara duk masan kaprabon Sang Prabu Airlangga.
In English: The compilation is translated into old Javanese (Kawi) language by Mpu Yogiswara during King Airlangga’s reign.
In Indonesian: Kakawin ini diterjemahkan ke dalam bahasa Jawa Kuno (Kawi) oleh Mpu Yogiswara pada zaman Airlangga.
In Balinese: Basa Kawi utawi Jawa Kuno ketah madue kosa basa sane satata ngawinang rasa kadaut.
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In Balinese: Sang kawi nyihnayang anggannyane kasatan tekening kalangwan sane rauh antuk makudang-kudang rupa.
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In Balinese: Mpu Tanakung ring kriya sasran idane inggih punika Kakawin Wrettasancaya maosang indik sungsut kayun Sang Dewi sane katinggalin olih jiwatmannyane inggih punika Sang Kawi (mango): mas ningwang toh diwasa tekaping mangwalanglang kalangwan/ tolih ranten rasika kari tibrangarang kandehan kung/ sokagring ring taman agulingan ring hebing nagapuspa/ mandakranta bhramara manangis ring ruhur darpa manghreng// “Uduh jiwatman titiange, sampun sue dados pangawi (mango) ngumbara alanglang kalangwan/ cingakin titiang sane ngajap-ajap/ sungsut, lara ring telenging taman, nylempang ring soring taru nagasari/ ring duhure makebertiosan sinambi nangis ngrieng// Parikan kakawin ring teks baduur punika muatang kruna mango taler lango.
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In Balinese: Ida punika sang kawi, sakewanten pinaka yogi sane ngumbara ring sagara miwah giri, pasir taler ukir, pinaka genah sane lango tur maning suci.
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In Balinese: Santukan sane kaapti olih Sang Yogi nenten mabinayang tekening sane katuju olih Sang Kawi inggih punika kelepasan saking kamanunggalan kapining dewa sane kaincepang (sadhana sang kawiswara n asadhya kalepasan I sandhi ning mango). (diterjemahkan oleh @YesiCandrika)
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In Indonesian:
In Balinese: Yéning dumun para panglingsiré ten ajerih ngangkat bambu runcing ngalawan kaum penjajah, sané mangkin ngiring iraga sareng sami krama Bali dados "Pahlawan" malarapan antuk di jumah gén taler sareng-sareng ngastiti mapinunas majeng ring Ida Sang Hyang Parama Kawi dumogi Covid-19 sagerehan matilar ring Pulau Dewata lan makasami kapica karahayuan.
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In Balinese: Cerita indik ula (naga) sane kaparik saking teks Adi Parwa puniki prasida ngicenin pangeling-eling i manusa riantukan utama pisan yening ngraketang pakilitan utawi pasawitranne ring sahananing sane karipta olih Sang Hyang Kawi.
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In Indonesian: Berbagai jenis binatang yang disebutkan di atas belakangan ini tentu saja menjadi sorotan di masyarakat di tengah-tengah pandemi.
In Balinese: Ring cerita punika wenten istilah-istilah sakadi Sang Kawi Swara miwah Ida Batara sane nyihnayang madue pakilitan kapining sasana agamane, utaminnyane indik karmaphala.
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In Balinese: Yayasan Kawi Sastra Mandala sane nerbitang pupulan puisi Bali Modern sane mamurda Satria Kuladewa pakardin IGP Antara (1988).
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In Balinese: Sujatine, Pararaton inggih punika cakepan mabasa Jawi tengahan sane laut kasalin basa ring basa Kawi (Jawi purwa).
In English: It is not clear who is the author of Pararaton.
In Indonesian: Naskah Pararaton tidak tebal.
In Balinese: Prasasti puniki kasurat nganggen basa Sanskerta lan Bali purwa tur antuk aksara Dewanagari, Bali Purwa lan Kawi.
In English: He is the founder of the Balinese Kingdom in the Warmadewa lineage.
In Indonesian: Dia adalah pendiri Kerajaan Bali dalam trah Warmadewa.
In Balinese: Paling luwung jani ngrastiti Bhakti,
Ring Ida Hyang Parama Kawi, Yadiastun kantong puyung tuara misi,Kapicayang seger wantah ane setata ulati,
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In Balinese: Kemaon rasa sradha di kenehe, Hyang Parama Kawi pastika maduwe tatujon risajeroning mranane ne minakadi pemanasan global sane sayan-sayan rered, palemahan sane cemer naler ngangsan rered, miwah satata eling mangdane ngulati karesikan.
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In Balinese: Iraga wantah damuh sane nenten wenten arti nyane ring ajeng Ida Sang Hyang Parama Kawi.
In English: We are only servants who have no meaning before God.
In Indonesian: Bagaimana cara menceritakan rasa jenuh saya saat ingat dengan orang tua dan keluarga?
In Balinese: basa Kawi miwah artosnyane kasediaang ring soang-soang taru.
In English: The original kawi and the translations are included with each plant.
In Indonesian: Bahasa Kawi asli dan terjemahannya disertakan dalam masing-masing tanaman.
In Balinese: Puniki tutur Gong Besi, ngaran wit Dalem Kawi, mogi kauningin olih ragane makasami dados manusa.
In English: This lontar is shivaistic in nature and glorifies Bhatara Dalem which is the manifestation of Lord Shiva.
In Indonesian: Lontar ini bersifat siwaistik dan mengagungkan Bhatara Dalem yang adalah manifestasi dari Dewa Siwa.
In Balinese: Riantukan sasolahan puniki wantah campuran kasenian Parwa miwah Gambuh saking satawarsa tengahan, basa sane kaanggen ritatkala masolah inggih punika basa Kawi lan Sansekerta.
In English: There is also another kind of wayang wong called Wayang Parwa.
In Indonesian: Ada pula wayang wong jenis lain yang disebut Wayang Parwa.