Javanese

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Javanese waśa, baśa, from Sanskrit वश (vaśa).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /wɔ.sɔ/
  • Rhymes: -sɔ
  • Hyphenation: wa‧sa

Verb

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ꦮꦱ (wasa)

  1. (literary) to force

Further reading

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