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Indonesian
Etymology
From Javanese (“dialog”), from Old Javanese antah + wacana, from Sanskrit अंतः (aṃtaḥ) + वचन (vacana). Reconstructed as antah + wacana.
Pronunciation
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- Hyphenation: an‧ta‧wa‧ca‧na
Noun
antawacana (first-person possessive antawacanaku, second-person possessive antawacanamu, third-person possessive antawacananya)
- (art, wayang) dhalang's specific speaking style associated with each puppet
- (dialect, Java, drama) dialog.
- Synonym: dialog
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