antawacana
Indonesian
editEtymology
editFrom Javanese [Term?] (“dialog”), from Old Javanese antah + wacana, from Sanskrit अंतः (aṃtaḥ) + वचन (vacana). Reconstructed as antah + wacana.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editantawacana (first-person possessive antawacanaku, second-person possessive antawacanamu, third-person possessive antawacananya)
- (art, wayang) dhalang's specific speaking style associated with each puppet
- (dialect, Java, drama) dialog.
- Synonym: dialog
Further reading
edit- “antawacana” 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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