nūsāntara

== Old Javanese == === Etymology === Compound of nūsa (“island”) +‎ antara (“interval, interspace; other, another, different”). === Noun === nūsāntara the outer islands (from Java island perspective); these islands or achipelagic region later known as Indonesia in modern-day. Synonyms: dwīpāntara, nūsāntara, paranūsa ==== Descendants ==== Javanese: ꦤꦸꦱꦤ꧀ꦠꦫ (Nusantara), ꦤꦸꦱ꧀ꦮꦤ꧀ꦠꦫ (Nuswantara)Banyumasan: Nusantara→ Dutch: Nusantara (learned)→ English: Nusantara (learned)→ Indonesian: Nusantara→ Malay: Nusantara Osing: Nusantara Tengger: Nusantara → Balinese: ᬦᬹᬲᬵᬦ᭄ᬢᬭ (Nusantara) → Sundanese: ᮔᮥᮞᮔ᮪ᮒᮛ (Nusantara) === Further reading === "nūsāntara" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.