kañca

Old Javanese

Etymology

Unknown, probably affixed pañca (“collection or completeness”, literally “five”) +‎ ka-.

Probably 2, Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kaban, *kaban > kawan > kañcan, compare to sound change in Sundanese: wa > ca, example:

  • kiwa > ké(n)ca ("left")
  • lawah > la(n)cah ("spider")
  • wai > cai ("water")
  • sawa > sa(n)ca ("python")
  • rawa > ranca ("swamp")

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kaɲ.t͡ʃa/

Noun

kañca

  1. friend, companion.

Descendants

  • > Javanese: ꦏꦚ꧀ꦕ (kanca, kântyâ, kantja) (inherited)
    • Caribbean Javanese: kantya
    • → Indonesian: kanca
    • → Malay: konco
  • → Balinese: ᬓᬜ᭄ᬘ (kanca)

Further reading

  • "kañca" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.
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