ꦩꦁꦱ

Javanese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mɔŋ.sɔ/
  • Rhymes: -sɔ
  • Hyphenation: mang‧sa

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Javanese masa, māsa (month; time), from Sanskrit मास (māsa).

Noun

ꦩꦁꦱ (mangsa)

  1. time
  2. season
  3. period of Javanese agricultural calendar.

Etymology 2

Inherited from Old Javanese masa (certainly not; it is impossible).

Noun

ꦩꦁꦱ (mangsa)

  1. disbelief

Etymology 3

Inherited from Old Javanese māṅsa (flesh, meat; prey, food; flesh-eating; consuming, devouring), from Sanskrit मांस (māṃsa, flesh).

Noun

ꦩꦁꦱ (mangsa)

  1. prey

Further reading

  • The Linguistic Center of Yogyakarta (2015) “mangsa”, in Kamus Basa Jawa (Bausastra Jawa) [Javanese Language Dictionary (Javanese Dictionary)] (in Javanese), Yogyakarta: Kanisius, →ISBN
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