kuasa

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay kuasa, ke- +‎ *wasa, from Javanese ꦏꦸꦮꦱ (kuwasa), ꦏꦮꦱ (kawasa), from Old Javanese kawaśa, from Sanskrit वश (vaśa, “authority, power, control, dominion”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kuˈasa]
• Rhymes: -sa, -a
• Hyphenation: ku‧a‧sa

Noun

kuasa (plural kuasa-kuasa, first-person possessive kuasaku, second-person possessive kuasamu, third-person possessive kuasanya)

1. power

   Synonym: tenaga

2. authority

   Synonym: otoritas

3. (physics) force (anything that has the power to produce a physical effect)

   Synonym: daya (Standard Malay)

Derived terms

• berkuasa
• kekuasaan
• menguasai
• menguasakan
• penguasa
• penguasaan
• perkosa
• perkosaan
• sekuasa-kuasanya
• sekuasanya
• terkuasai

 

Related terms

• kawasan

 

Further reading

• “kuasa” 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.

Malay

Etymology

From Javanese ꦏꦸꦮꦱ (kuwasa), ꦏꦮꦱ (kawasa), from Sanskrit वश (vaśa, “authority, power, control, dominion”). Reconstructed as ke- +‎ *wasa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kuasa/
• Rhymes: -asa, -sa

• Audio (Malaysia):

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• Rhymes: -a

Noun

kuasa (Jawi spelling کواس, plural kuasa-kuasa, informal 1st possessive kuasaku, 2nd possessive kuasamu, 3rd possessive kuasanya)

1. power

   Synonym: tenaga

   1. (mathematics) product of equal factors.

      Synonym: pangkat (Indonesia)

   2. (physics) rate of doing work or transferring energy.

      Synonym: daya (Indonesia)

2. strength

   Synonym: kekuatan

3. authority

   Synonym: autoriti

Derived terms

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)

Related terms

• kawasan
• kusa / kosa

Descendants

• Indonesian: kuasa
• → Min Nan: 掛卅／挂卅 (kòa-sa̍p), 掛些／挂些 (kòa-se), 掛沙／挂沙 (kòa-sa)

References

• 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

• “kuasa” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.