ᬓᬲ

Balinese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.sə/
• Rhymes: -sə
• Hyphenation: ka‧sa

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Old Javanese kāśa (“a species of grass, Sacharum spontaneum”), from Sanskrit काश (kāśa, “wild sugarcane, kans grass”).

Noun

ᬓᬲ (kasa)

1. (botany) wild sugarcane, kans grass (Saccharum spontaneum).

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Indonesian kasa (“gauze”), from Malay kasa (“gauze”), from Persian خاصه (xâsa, “fine cotton cloth of a close texture, called cossas”).

Noun

ᬓᬲ (kasa)

1. gauze

Etymology 3

Affixed ᬲ (sa, “one”) +‎ ᬓ- (ka-) (compare to Javanese ꦏꦱ (kasa)).

Proper noun

ᬓᬲ (Kasa)

1. first month of the Balinese lunar calendar

Related terms

lunar monthsedit

• ᬓᬢᬶᬕ (Katiga)
• ᬓᬤᬰ (Kadasa)
• ᬓᬦᭂᬫ᭄ (Kanem)
• ᬓᬧᬢ᭄ (Kapat)
• ᬓᬧᬶᬢᬸ (Kapitu)
• ᬓᬭᭀ (Karo)
• ᬓᬮᬶᬫ (Kalima)
• ᬓᬯᭀᬮᬸ (Kawolu)
• ᬓᬲ (Kasa)
• ᬓᬲᬗ (Kasanga)
• ᬚᬶᬬᬾᬱ᭄ᬞ (Jiyestha)
• ᬱᬤ᭄ᬥ (Sadha)

Further reading

• “kasa” in Balinese–Indonesian Dictionary [Kamus Bahasa Bali–Indonesia], Denpasar, Indonesia: The Linguistic Center of Bali Province [Balai Bahasa Provinsi Bali].