ꦩꦁꦱ

Javanese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɔŋ.sɔ/
• Rhymes: -sɔ
• Hyphenation: mang‧sa

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Javanese masa, māsa (“month; time”), from Sanskrit मास (māsa).

Noun

ꦩꦁꦱ (mangsa)

1. time
2. season
3. period of Javanese agricultural calendar.

Etymology 2

Inherited from Old Javanese masa (“certainly not; it is impossible”).

Noun

ꦩꦁꦱ (mangsa)

1. disbelief

Etymology 3

Inherited from Old Javanese māṅsa (“flesh, meat; prey, food; flesh-eating; consuming, devouring”), from Sanskrit मांस (māṃsa, “flesh”).

Noun

ꦩꦁꦱ (mangsa)

1. prey

Further reading

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