Javanese edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /bɔ.kɔ/
  • Rhymes: -kɔ
  • Hyphenation: ba‧ka

Etymology 1 edit

Borrowed from Malay baka, baqa, from Classical Malay باک (baka), بقاٴ (baqa), from Arabic بَقَاء (baqāʔ, remaining, lasting, enduring).

Adjective edit

ꦧꦏ (baka)

  1. eternal, perpetual, lasting

Etymology 2 edit

Inherited from Old Javanese baka (heron), from Sanskrit बक (baka, heron).

Noun edit

ꦧꦏ (baka)

  1. (archaic) heron

Further reading edit

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