mastaka

Old Javanese

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit मस्तक (mastaka, “top, skull, head”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mas.ta.ka/
• Rhymes: -ka
• Hyphenation: mas‧ta‧ka

Noun

mastaka

1. head
2. skull

Descendants

• > Javanese: ꦩꦸꦱ꧀ꦠꦏ (mustaka) (inherited)

References

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

Sundanese

Sundanese register set
lemes (ᮜᮨᮙᮨᮞ᮪)	mastaka, sirah
kasar (ᮊᮞᮁ)	hulu

Alternative forms

• ᮙᮞ᮪ᮒᮊ (mastaka)

Etymology

Eventually from Sanskrit मस्तक (mastaka).

Noun

mastaka

1. head