waśa

See also: Appendix:Variations of "wasa"

Old Javanese

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit वश (vaśa, “authority, power, control, dominion”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /wa.sa/
  • Rhymes: -sa
  • Hyphenation: wa‧śa

Noun

waśa

  1. power, force
  2. dominion

Alternative forms

Derived terms

  • amaśa-maśa
  • aṅawaśa
  • kakawaśa
  • kawaśa
  • kawaśan
  • kumawaśa
  • kumawaśākĕn
  • pamaśa-maśa
  • paṅawaśa
  • winaśa
  • winaśa-waśa

Descendants

  • Javanese: ꦮꦱ (wasa)
  • → Balinese: ᬯᬰ (wasa, “power, authority”)

Further reading

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