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Balinese
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ka.sə/
- Rhymes: -sə
- Hyphenation: ka‧sa
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Old Javanese kāśa (“a species of grass, Sacharum spontaneum”), from Sanskrit काश (kāśa, “wild sugarcane, kans grass”).
Noun
ᬓᬲ (kasa)
- (botany) wild sugarcane, kans grass (Saccharum spontaneum).
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Indonesian kasa (“gauze”), from Malay kasa (“gauze”), from Persian خاصه (xâsa, “fine cotton cloth of a close texture, called cossas”).
Noun
ᬓᬲ (kasa)
- gauze
Etymology 3
Affixed ᬲ (sa, “one”) + ᬓ- (ka-) (compare to Javanese ꦏꦱ (kasa)).
Proper noun
ᬓᬲ (Kasa)
- first month of the Balinese lunar calendar
Related terms
- (lunar months) Kasa, Karo, Katiga, Kapat, Kalima, Kanem, Kapitu, Kawolu, Kasanga, Kadasa, Jiyestha, Sadha (Category: ban:Lunar months)
Further reading
- “kasa” in Balinese–Indonesian Dictionary , Indonesian island of Bali: The Linguistic Center of Bali Province .