reksa

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Javanese ꦉꦏ꧀ꦱ (reksa, “to guard, to watch over”), from Old Javanese rakṣa (“guarding, protecting; protection”), from Sanskrit रक्षा (rakṣā, “guard”).

• Displaced Dutch politie (“police”) by Komisi Bahasa Indonesia as published on Kanpō/Berita Pemerintah No.38 Year III Month 3 (2604) in 1944.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rək.sa/
• Hyphenation: rêk‧sa

Noun

rêksa (first-person possessive reksaku, second-person possessive reksamu, third-person possessive reksanya)

1. police

   Synonym: polisi

2. guard

Further reading

• “reksa” 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.

Javanese

Romanization

reksa

1. Romanization of ꦉꦏ꧀ꦱ

Kashubian

Etymology

Borrowed from English rag.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɛksa/
• Rhymes: -ɛksa
• Syllabification: rek‧sa

Noun

reksa f

1. (United States) rag

Further reading

• Stanislow Frymark (2020) “reksa”, in Kashubian Language in Canada, the USA and New Zealand; Lexical Interferences in Kashubian Language in Canada, the USA and New Zealand (in English and Kashubian), Zómk Zôbòrsczi, →ISBN