wacana

Balinese

Romanization

wacana

1. Romanization of ᬯᬘᬦ

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Javanese ꦮꦕꦤ (wacana, “word; commandment; speech; to speak, to talk”), from Old Javanese wacana (“speech, word; sound, voice; teaching”), from Sanskrit वचन (vacana).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /waˈt͡ʃana/ [waˈt͡ʃa.na]
• Rhymes: -ana
• Syllabification: wa‧ca‧na

Noun

wacana (first-person possessive wacanaku, second-person possessive wacanamu, third-person possessive wacananya)

1. verbal communication
2. discourse
3. exposition the act or process of declaring or describing something through either speech or writing; an essay or speech in which any topic is discussed in detail.
4. systematic thinking

Derived terms

• diwacanakan
• mewacanakan

 

• analisis wacana
• wacana langsung
• wacana pembeberan
• wacana penuturan

 

Related terms

• antawacana

 

Descendants

• → Malay: wacana

Further reading

• “wacana” 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

wacana

1. Romanization of ꦮꦕꦤ

Old Javanese

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit वचन (vacana).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wa.t͡ʃa.na/
• Rhymes: -na
• Hyphenation: wa‧ca‧na

Noun

wacana

1. speech, word
2. sound, voice

   Synonyms: ābhā, dhwani, śabda, swabawa, swara, uni, wuni

3. teaching

Derived terms

• awacana
• mawacana
• winacanākĕn

 

• wacanamaṅgala
• wacanapati
• wacanasaṅgama
• wacanawara
• wacanānta

 

Descendants

• > Javanese: ꦮꦕꦤ (wacana) (inherited)
  • → Indonesian: wacana
    • → Malay: wacana
• → Balinese: ᬯᬘᬦ (wacana)

Further reading

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