ꦱꦏ

Javanese

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /sɔ.kɔ/
  • Rhymes: -kɔ
  • Hyphenation: sa‧ka

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Javanese saka (“from, than”), compare Proto-Philippine *saká (“and, also”).

Preposition

ꦱꦏ (saka) (ngoko)

  1. from
  2. than
Alternative forms
  • ꦱꦼꦏ (seka) (colloquial)
Synonyms
  • ꦱꦏꦶꦁ (saking) (krama)

Etymology 2

Inherited from Old Javanese saka (“post”), from Sanskrit शाखा (śākhā, “a door-post”, literally “branch”).

Noun

ꦱꦏ (saka)

  1. post (pillar)

Etymology 3

Inherited from Old Javanese śāka, śaka (“Shaka year”), from Sanskrit शक (śaka).

Noun

ꦱꦏ (saka)

  1. Shaka year

Etymology 4

Inherited from Old Javanese sakhā (“friend”), from Sanskrit सख (sakha, “friend”).

Noun

ꦱꦏ (saka)

  1. friend
  2. partner
  3. branch

Further reading
  • The Linguistic Center of Yogyakarta (2015) “saka”, in Kamus Basa Jawa (Bausastra Jawa) [Javanese Language Dictionary (Javanese Dictionary)] (in Javanese), Yogyakarta: Kanisius, →ISBN
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