kuasa
Indonesian edit
Etymology edit
From Malay kuasa, ke- + *wasa, from Javanese ꦏꦸꦮꦱ (kuwasa), ꦏꦮꦱ (kawasa), from Old Javanese kawaśa, from Sanskrit वश (vaśa, “authority, power, control, dominion”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
kuasa (plural kuasa-kuasa, first-person possessive kuasaku, second-person possessive kuasamu, third-person possessive kuasanya)
- power
- Synonym: tenaga
- authority
- Synonym: otoritas
- (physics) force (anything that has the power to produce a physical effect)
- Synonym: daya (Standard Malay)
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Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “kuasa” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Malay edit
Etymology edit
From Javanese ꦏꦸꦮꦱ (kuwasa), ꦏꦮꦱ (kawasa), from Sanskrit वश (vaśa, “authority, power, control, dominion”). Reconstructed as ke- + *wasa.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
kuasa (Jawi spelling کواس, plural kuasa-kuasa, informal 1st possessive kuasaku, 2nd possessive kuasamu, 3rd possessive kuasanya)
- power
- Synonym: tenaga
- (mathematics) product of equal factors.
- Synonym: pangkat (Indonesia)
- (physics) rate of doing work or transferring energy.
- Synonym: daya (Indonesia)
- strength
- Synonym: kekuatan
- authority
- Synonym: autoriti
Derived terms edit
Affixed terms and other derivations
Regular affixed derivations:
- kekuasaan [abstract / locative] (ke-an)
- penguasa [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure] (peN-)
- berkuasa [stative / habitual] (beR-)
- menguasai [agent focus + causative (locative) benefactive] (meN- + -i)
- menguasakan [agent focus + causative benefactive] (meN- + -kan)
- kuasaan [timespan / emotion] (-an)
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Descendants edit
References edit
- Kosakata Bahasa Sanskerta dalam Bahasa Melayu Masa Kini, Jakarta, Indonesia: Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa. Departemen Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 1994, →ISBN, pages 100-1
- Pijnappel, Jan (1875) “کواس koewasa”, in Maleisch-Hollandsch woordenboek, John Enschede en Zonen, Frederik Muller, pages 91-2
- Wilkinson, Richard James (1901) “کواس kuwasa”, in A Malay-English dictionary, Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, page 542
- Wilkinson, Richard James (1932) “kuasa”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume I, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, page 616
Further reading edit
- “kuasa” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.