māṅsa

Old Javanese

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /maŋ.sa/
  • Rhymes: -sa
  • Hyphenation: māṅ‧sa

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Sanskrit मांस (māṃsa, “flesh”).

Noun

māṅsa

  1. flesh, meat;
  2. prey, food
  3. carnivore: flesh-eating
  4. consuming, devouring
Derived terms
  • amāṅsa
  • makamāṅsa
  • mināṅsa
  • hiṅsāmāṅsa
  • kaṣṭamāṅsa
  • māṅsabhakṣa
  • māṅsabhakṣaka
  • māṅsabhakṣaṇa
  • māṅsabhakṣya
  • māṅsaka
  • māṅsapeśī
  • māṅsarasa
  • māṅsawiṣaya
  • naramāṅsa
  • rudhiramāṅsa
Descendants
  • Javanese: ꦩꦁꦱ (mangsa)
  • → Balinese: ᬫᬵᬗ᭄ᬲ (mangsa), ᬫᬗ᭄ᬲ (mangsa)

Etymology 2

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Noun

māṅsa

  1. a certain tree

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