kāśa

See also: Appendix:Variations of "kasa"

Old Javanese

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit काश (kāśa, “wild sugarcane, kans grass”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.sa/
• Rhymes: -sa
• Homophones: kasa, kāśa
• Hyphenation: kā‧śa

Noun

kāśa

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

Descendants

• → Balinese: ᬓᬲ (kasa)

Further reading

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