reksa

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Javanese ꦉꦏ꧀ꦱ (reksa, to guard, to watch over), from Old Javanese rakṣa (guarding, protecting; protection), from Sanskrit रक्षा (rakṣā, guard).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /rək.sa/
  • Hyphenation: rêk‧sa

Noun

rêksa (first-person possessive reksaku, second-person possessive reksamu, third-person possessive reksanya)

  1. police
  2. guard

Further reading

Javanese

Romanization

reksa

  1. Romanization of ꦉꦏ꧀ꦱ
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