ꦪꦱ

Javanese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Javanese yaśa (“honour, glory, fame, renown; deed, merit, honour, renown, meritorious deed; building”), from Sanskrit यशस् (yaśas, “honour; worth”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /jɔ.sɔ/
  • Rhymes: -sɔ
  • Hyphenation: ya‧sa

Verb

ꦪꦱ (yasa)

  1. (archaic) to create
  2. (archaic) to build

Derived terms
  • ꦢꦶꦪꦱꦏꦏꦺ (diyasakaké)
  • ꦪꦱꦤ꧀ (yasan)

Noun

ꦪꦱ (yasa)

  1. (archaic) house
  2. (archaic) merit

Derived terms
  • ꦪꦱꦏꦩ꧀ꦧꦁ (yasa kambang)

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