wacana
Balinese
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit वचन (vacana).
Noun
wacana (Balinese script ᬯᬘᬦ)
Indonesian
Etymology
Borrowed from Javanese ꦮꦕꦤ (wacana, “word; commandment; speech; to speak, to talk”), from Old Javanese wacana (“speech, word; sound, voice; teaching”), from Sanskrit वचन (vacana).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /waˈt͡ʃana/ [waˈt͡ʃa.na]
- Rhymes: -ana
- Syllabification: wa‧ca‧na
Noun
wacana (plural wacana-wacana)
- verbal communication; conversation
- Synonym: percakapan
- discourse
- exposition
Derived terms
- berwacana
- kewacanaan
- mewacanakan
- pewacanaan
- wacanakan (“to discourse; to plan”)
- wacana argumentasi
- wacana dominan
- wacana keislaman
- wacana langsung (“direct discourse”)
- wacana patriarki
- wacana pemangkasan
- wacana pembeberan
- wacana pengenaan
- wacana penuturan
- wacana referendum
- wacana rekonsiliasi
- wacana seksualitas
- analisis wacana (“discourse analysis”)
Related terms
Descendants
- → Malay: wacana
Further reading
- “wacana” 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
wacana
- romanization of ꦮꦕꦤ
Old Javanese
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit वचन (vacana).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /wa.t͡ʃa.na/
- Rhymes: -na
- Hyphenation: wa‧ca‧na
Noun
wacana
Derived terms
- awacana
- mawacana
- winacanākĕn
- wacanamaṅgala
- wacanapati
- wacanasaṅgama
- wacanawara
- wacanānta
Descendants
Further reading
- "wacana" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.