madukara

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay madukara, from Sanskrit मधुकर (madhukara, “bee”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [mad̪uˈkara]
Hyphenation: ma‧du‧ka‧ra

Noun

madukara (first-person possessive madukaraku, second-person possessive madukaramu, third-person possessive madukaranya)

(obsolete) bee.
Synonym: lebah
gold-colored silk fabric.

See also

madu (“honey”)

Further reading

“madukara” 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.

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