kaca

See also: kača, káča, Kača, Káča, каца, and кача

Afar

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaˈħa/ [kʌˈħʌ]
• Hyphenation: ka‧ca

Noun

kacá f 

1. heap, pile

References

• Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)‎^[1], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis), page 76

Balinese

Romanization

kaca

1. Romanization of ᬓᬘ

Hausa

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ká.t͡ʃàː/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [kə́.t͡ʃàː]

Noun

kacā̀ f (possessed form kacàr̃)

1. bicycle chain

Indonesian

Alternative forms

• katja (dated)

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈkat͡ʃa/ [ˈka.t͡ʃa]
• Rhymes: -at͡ʃa
• Syllabification: ka‧ca

Etymology 1

Inherited from Malay kaca, from Classical Malay kaca, from Sanskrit काच (kāca).

Noun

kaca (plural kaca-kaca)

1. glass

   Synonym: gelas

2. mirror

   Synonyms: cermin, kaca muka

3. (figuratively) example

   Synonyms: contoh, teladan

Derived terms

• berkaca
• berkaca-kaca
• kekacaan
• memperkaca
• mengaca

• kaca air
• kaca benggala
• kaca buram
• kaca es
• kaca hias
• kaca kristal
• kaca kusam
• kaca masir
• kaca mozaik
• kaca muka
• kaca mulut
• kaca patri
• kaca pembakar
• kaca pembesar
• kaca riben
• kaca spion
• kaca susu

Etymology 2

From Javanese ꦏꦕ (kaca).

Noun

kaca (plural kaca-kaca)

1. (rare) page: one side of a paper leaf on which one has written or printed.

   Synonyms: halaman, muka, pagina

Further reading

• “kaca” 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

kaca

1. Romanization of ꦏꦕ

Malay

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit काच (kāca).

Pronunciation

• (Riau-Lingga) IPA^(key): /ˈkat͡ʃa/ [ˈka.t͡ʃa]
• (Johor-Selangor) IPA^(key): /ˈkat͡ʃə/ [ˈka.t͡ʃə]
• Rhymes: -at͡ʃə, -t͡ʃə, -ə
• Hyphenation: ka‧ca

Noun

kaca (Jawi spelling کاچ, plural kaca-kaca, informal 1st possessive kacaku, 2nd possessive kacamu, 3rd possessive kacanya)

1. glass

Derived terms

• berkaca
• berkaca-kaca
• kekacaan
• mengaca

Further reading

• “kaca” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Old Javanese

Other scripts
Kawi
Javanese	ꦏꦕ
Balinese
Roman	kaca

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit काच (kāca, “glass”).

Noun

kaca

1. glass

Descendants

• Javanese: ꦏꦕ (kaca, “glass; mirror”)
• → Balinese: ᬓᬘ (kaca, “glass”)

References

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

Sundanese

Sundanese register set
lemes	kaca
lemes ka sorangan	{{{les}}}
lemes ka batur	{{{leb}}}
loma	eunteung
cohag	{{{co}}}

Etymology

From Javanese ꦏꦕ (kaca)

Noun

kaca (Sundanese script ᮊᮎ)

1. page

   Buka kaca 76.

   Open page 76.

2. glass
3. mirror

Derived terms

• ramatkaca

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