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)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “reksa” 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.
Javanese
Romanization
reksa
- romanization of ꦉꦏ꧀ꦱ
Kashubian
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈrɛk.sa/
- Rhymes: -ɛksa
- Syllabification: rek‧sa
Noun
reksa f
- (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