The Rabbit Hole Of Peace In Javanese Poem by Kimberly Burnham

Today I went looking
for the word for peace in Javanese
and found it
slamet or rahaju
in a safe, peaceful condition or
sranta / saranta
patient and calm or
sepi which is quiet and still
in Javanese or Ngoko

Also in non-Ngoko languages
"wiludjeng" is a safe, peaceful condition
or similarly "srantos" is patient and calm
"epen" is quiet and still in Krama Standard
rahadjeng in Krama Substandard
or sugeng in a safe, peaceful condition
in Kromo Inggel

But half a world away
I found along the path
uxolo (peace)in South African Xhosa
xolile to be at peace
"uizwe lixolile" to make peace
"nku Xolisa" to be at peace with each other
uku Xolelana, noxolo, ngoxolo ngo kuxolileyo, Noxolo Xolileyo,
peaceable, peaceably, peaceful, peacefully

The serach rolled out
different languages spoken with
different tongues
bringing the world together
a little tighter