kañca

Old Javanese

Etymology

Unknown, probably affixed pañca (“collection or completeness”, literally “five”) +‎ ka-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaɲ.t͡ʃa/

Noun

kañca

1. friend, companion.

Descendants

• > Javanese: ꦏꦚ꧀ꦕ (kanca, kântyâ, kantja) (inherited)
  • Caribbean Javanese: kantya
  • → Indonesian: kanca
  • → Malay: konco
• → Balinese: ᬓᬜ᭄ᬘ (kanca)

Further reading

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