reksa

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Javanese ꦉꦏ꧀ꦱ (reksa, to guard, to watch over), from Old Javanese rakṣa (guarding, protecting; protection), from Sanskrit रक्षा (rakṣā, guard).

  • Displaced Dutch politie (police) by Komisi Bahasa Indonesia as published on Kanpō/Berita Pemerintah No.38 Year III Month 3 (2604) in 1944.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /rək.sa/
  • Hyphenation: rêk‧sa

Noun

rêksa (plural reksa-reksa)

  1. police
    Synonym: polisi
  2. guard

Derived terms

Further reading

Javanese

Romanization

reksa

  1. romanization of ꦉꦏ꧀ꦱ

Kashubian

Etymology

Borrowed from English rag.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈrɛk.sa/
  • Rhymes: -ɛksa
  • Syllabification: rek‧sa

Noun

reksa f

  1. (United States) rag

Further reading

  • Stanislow Frymark (2020) “reksa”, in Kashubian Language in Canada, the USA and New Zealand; Lexical Interferences in Kashubian Language in Canada, the USA and New Zealand, Zómk Zôbòrsczi, →ISBN