ꦮꦕꦤ

Javanese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Javanese wacana (“speech, word; sound, voice; teaching”), from Sanskrit वचन (vacana).

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

Noun

ꦮꦕꦤ (wacana)

  1. (archaic) word
  2. (archaic) commandment
  3. (archaic) speech

Verb

ꦮꦕꦤ (wacana)

  1. (archaic) to speak, to talk

Descendants
  • → Indonesian: wacana
    • → Malay: wacana

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