wakṣa

Old Javanese

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit वक्षस् (vakṣas, “breast”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /wak.sa/
  • Rhymes: -sa
  • Hyphenation: wak‧ṣa

Noun

wakṣa

  1. bosom, breast, chest

Derived terms

  • mahāwakṣa

Descendants

  • > Javanese: ꦮꦏ꧀ꦱ (waksa) (inherited)

Further reading

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