mangsa

Borrowed from Old Javanese māṅsa (“flesh, meat; prey, food; flesh-eating; consuming, devouring”), from Sanskrit मांस (māṃsa, “flesh”).

• IPA^(key): /maŋ.sə/
• Rhymes: -aŋsə
• Hyphenation: mang‧sa

mangsa (Balinese script ᬫᬵᬗ᭄ᬲ or ᬫᬗ᭄ᬲ)

1. carnivore

• “mangsa” in Balinese–Indonesian Dictionary [Kamus Bahasa Bali–Indonesia], Denpasar, Indonesia: The Linguistic Center of Bali Province [Balai Bahasa Provinsi Bali].

From Malay mangsa (“victim, corpse”), from Sanskrit मांस (māṃsa, “flesh”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈmaŋ.sa/
• Rhymes: -sa
• Hyphenation: mang‧sa

mangsa

1. prey
   1. that which is or may be seized by animals to be devoured
   2. a person or thing given up as a victim
   3. a living thing, usually an animal, that is eaten by another living thing
   4. (rare) the victim of a disease

mangsa (active memangsa, passive dimangsa)

1. (transitive) to prey on
   1. to eat (as a predator)
   2. (figuratively) to exploit or victimize

• “mangsa” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

mangsa

1. romanization of ꦩꦁꦱ

Borrowed from Sanskrit मांस (māṃsa, “flesh”).

• (Johor-Riau) IPA^(key): /ˈmaŋsə/ [ˈmaŋ.sə]

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  • Rhymes: -aŋsə, -sə, -ə
• (Baku) IPA^(key): /ˈmaŋsa/ [ˈmaŋ.sa]

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  • Rhymes: -aŋsa, -sa, -a
• Hyphenation: mang‧sa

mangsa (Jawi spelling مڠسا, plural mangsa-mangsa)

1. prey (animal preyed on by other animals)

   Antonym: pemangsa

   Tikus merupakan mangsa kepada helang dan burung hantu.

   Rats are prey to eagles and owls.

2. (figurative) victim

   Synonym: korban

   Ada mangsa yang tidak bersuara kerana takut dikecam orang kenalan.

   There are victims who don't speak up because they are worried they would be berated by their close ones.

• > Indonesian: mangsa (inherited)

• “mangsa” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

From Javanese ꦩꦁꦱ (mangsa), from Old Javanese māsa (“month; time”)

mangsa

1. time

   Geus nepi ka mangsana ― The time has come

2. season

From Javanese ꦩꦁꦱ (mangsa), from Old Javanese māṅsa (“flesh; prey”)

mangsa

1. prey

From Javanese ꦩꦁꦱ (mangsa), from Old Javanese masa (“certainly not”)

mangsa

1. (rare) by no means

• Only survives in compound words such as mangsabodo.

• "mangsa" in Maman Sumantri, Atjep Djamaludin, Achmad Patoni, R.H. Moch. Koerdie, M.O. Koesman, Epa Sjafei Adisastra. (1985) Kamus Sunda-Indonesia [Sundanese-Indonesian Dictionary] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Department of Education and Culture of the Republic of Indonesia