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reksa

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Indonesian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Javanese ꦉꦏ꧀ꦱ (reksa, to guard, to watch over), from Old Javanese rakṣa (guarding, protecting; protection), from Sanskrit रक्षा (rakṣā, guard).

  • Displaced Dutch politie (police) by Komisi Bahasa Indonesia as published on Kanpō/Berita Pemerintah No.38 Year III Month 3 (2604) in 1944.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /rək.sa/
  • Hyphenation: rêk‧sa

Noun

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rêksa (plural reksa-reksa)

  1. police
    Synonym: polisi
  2. guard

Further reading

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Javanese

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Romanization

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reksa

  1. Romanization of ꦉꦏ꧀ꦱ

Kashubian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English rag.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈrɛk.sa/
  • Rhymes: -ɛksa
  • Syllabification: rek‧sa

Noun

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reksa f

  1. (United States) rag

Further reading

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  • Stanislow Frymark (2020) “reksa”, in Kashubian Language in Canada, the USA and New Zealand; Lexical Interferences in Kashubian Language in Canada, the USA and New Zealand, Zómk Zôbòrsczi, →ISBN