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Finnish
Verb
jaksa
- inflection of jaksaa:
- present active indicative connegative
- second-person singular present imperative
- second-person singular present active imperative connegative
Anagrams
Indonesian
Etymology
Inherited from Malay jaksa, from Javanese ꦗꦏ꧀ꦱ (jaksa, “prosecutor; auditor”), from Old Javanese dyakṣa, dhyakṣa, adhyakṣa (“inspector, superintendent, supervisor, guardian; highest judicial official”), from Sanskrit अध्यक्ष (adhyakṣa, “inspector, chairperson”). Doublet of adiaksa. The sense of prosecutor is a semantic loan from Dutch officier van justitie and Japanese 檢事 (kenji).
Pronunciation
Noun
jaksa (plural jaksa-jaksa, first-person possessive jaksaku, second-person possessive jaksamu, third-person possessive jaksanya)
- (law) prosecutor: a prosecuting attorney.
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Further reading
Javanese
Romanization
jaksa
- Romanization of ꦗꦏ꧀ꦱ