mās

Old Javanese

Alternative forms

mas
ĕmas
hĕmas

Etymology

Several etymologies have been proposed:

From Sanskrit माष (māṣa, “particular weight of gold”). Compare to Bengali মাস্ (maś).
From Pre-Angkorian Old Khmer mās ~ mas (“gold”), from Proto-Mon-Khmer *jmaas, an infixed form of *jaas (“to shine”). Compare Old Mon yimās (“shining (gold)”) and yās (“dawn; to shine”).

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Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /mas/
Homophone: mas
Hyphenation: mas

Noun

mās

gold
wealth
a measure of gold
intimate address

Adjective

mās

golden

Derived terms

aṅĕmasi
hinĕmas
hinĕmasan
inĕmasan
iṅĕmas
iṅĕmasan
mahĕmas
mamas
minas
mināsan
pamāsan
paramasan
parmasan
samas
ḍomas

air mas
kayu mas
mas ajur
mas drawa
mas inapi
mas tatur

Descendants

Javanese: ꦩꦱ꧀ (mas), ꦲꦼꦩꦱ꧀ (emas)

Further reading

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

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