saṅgama

Old Javanese

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit सङ्गम (saṅgama, “intercourse, sexual union”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /saŋ.ɡa.ma/
• Rhymes: -ma
• Hyphenation: sang‧ga‧ma

Noun

saṅgama

1. coming together, meeting (in friendly or hostile way)
2. union
3. intercourse
4. confluence of two rivers
5. sexual union

Derived terms

• anaṅgama
• asaṅgama
• kasaṅgaman
• masaṅgama
• pasaṅgaman
• sumaṅgama

 

Descendants

• > Javanese: ꦱꦁꦒꦩ (sanggama) (inherited)

Further reading

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