waśa

See also: Appendix:Variations of "wasa"

Old Javanese

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit वश (vaśa, “authority, power, control, dominion”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wa.sa/
• Rhymes: -sa
• Hyphenation: wa‧śa

Noun

waśa

1. power, force
2. dominion

Alternative forms

• baśa

Derived terms

• amaśa-maśa
• aṅawaśa
• kakawaśa
• kawaśa
• kawaśan
• kumawaśa
• kumawaśākĕn
• pamaśa-maśa
• paṅawaśa
• winaśa
• winaśa-waśa

 

Descendants

• Javanese: ꦮꦱ (wasa)
• → Balinese: ᬯᬰ (wasa, “power, authority”)

Further reading

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