[Talk-id] Place names

Bernhard Hiller bhil at gmx.de
Mon Oct 15 16:23:39 BST 2012


Terima kasih, Reza.
Then these names are likely OK.

Am 15.10.2012 03:39, schrieb Reza Primardiansyah:
> Ben,
> -asri also has meaning (it means harmony). And I had checked that 
> there is actually "Kedungasri" village. There are also several 
> "Purwoasri" (at Malang and Kediri, for instance).
>
> Regards
>
> On Mon, Oct 8, 2012 at 11:10 PM, Bernhard Hiller <bhil at gmx.de 
> <mailto:bhil at gmx.de>> wrote:
>
>     Some places in South East Java end on "-asri", e.g. Kedungasri,
>     Purwoasri. But that's not a typical Javanese ending of a place
>     name, I'd rather expect "-sari", i.e. Kedungsari, Purwosari - a
>     typo in my opinion.
>     These place names seem to be imported, as the place-tag is hardly
>     ever located in a village.
>     And strangely, Google Earth uses the same names - same source?
>     What do you think: should I change the endings, or leave them as
>     they are?
>
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