marcapada

Balinese

Romanization

marcapada

1. Romanization of ᬫᬃᬘᬧᬤ.

Indonesian

Etymology

From Sundanese marcapada (“Earth”, literally “mortal world”) or Javanese ꦩꦂꦕꦥꦢ (marcapada, “earth”), from Old Javanese mĕrcapada, martyapada (“earth”, literally “mortal world”), from Sanskrit मर्त्य (martya, “mortal”) +‎ पद (pada, “place”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mart͡ʃaˈpada]
• Hyphenation: mar‧ca‧pa‧da

Noun

marcapada (plural marcapada-marcapada)

1. real world, earth.

   Synonym: bumi

Alternative forms

• mercapada
• mercupada

Further reading

• “marcapada” 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

marcapada

1. Romanization of ꦩꦂꦕꦥꦢ.

Sundanese

Etymology

From Sanskrit मर्त्य (martya, “mortal”) +‎ पद (pada, “place”).

Noun

marcapada (Sundanese script ᮙᮁᮎᮕᮓ)

2. Earth; the world

Further reading

• Maman Sumantri, et al. (1985) Kamus Sunda-Indonesia [Sundanese-Indonesian Dictionary] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Department of Education and Culture of the Republic of Indonesia