A Little Help Maybe ?

[A. G. Maisey]

Ah, the beauty and complexity of the Javanese language!

I sent off a couple of emails to contacts in Solo with that pic and the question.

Seems we can read this in more than one way. I've got several possibilities back so far, and am waiting for at least one more. One of the possibilities I have is "slaka", so we've got another vote for Ferry's reading.