noun, masculine/ʒa.va.nɛ/
Javanese (language); a coffee and chocolate flavored French pastry
From Java + -ais, with the addition of the interfix (n) to prevent the sequence -aa-. Java + -n- + ais.
/ʒa.va.nɛ/
Javanese (language); a coffee and chocolate flavored French pastry
From Java + -ais, with the addition of the interfix (n) to prevent the sequence -aa-. Java + -n- + ais.
of Java (the island); Javanese
From Java + -ais, with the addition of the interfix (n) to prevent the sequence -aa-. Java + -n- + ais.
javanais (French slang)
“[…] la Crécy parlait le javanais, cet argot de Bréda où la syllabe va, jetée après chaque syllabe, hache pour les profanes le son et le sens des mots, idiome hiéroglyphique du monde-fille, qui lui permet de se parler à l'oreille—tout haut.”
Probably from conjugated forms of avoir such as j'avais (“I had”).