māṅsa

Old Javanese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maŋ.sa/
• Rhymes: -sa
• Hyphenation: māṅ‧sa

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *mems-

Proto-Indo-European *mḗmsder.

Proto-Indo-Iranian *māmsám

Sanskrit मांस (māṃsa)bor.

Old Javanese māṅsa

Borrowed from Sanskrit मांस (māṃsa, “flesh”).

Noun

māṅsa

1. flesh, meat;
2. prey, food
3. carnivore: flesh-eating
4. consuming, devouring

Derived terms

• amāṅsa
• makamāṅsa
• mināṅsa

• hiṅsāmāṅsa
• kaṣṭamāṅsa
• māṅsabhakṣa
• māṅsabhakṣaka
• māṅsabhakṣaṇa
• māṅsabhakṣya
• māṅsaka
• māṅsapeśī
• māṅsarasa
• māṅsawiṣaya
• naramāṅsa
• rudhiramāṅsa

Descendants

• Javanese: ꦩꦁꦱ (mangsa)
• → Balinese: ᬫᬵᬗ᭄ᬲ (mangsa), ᬫᬗ᭄ᬲ (mangsa)

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

māṅsa

1. a certain tree

Further reading

• "māṅsa" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.