kuasa

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Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay kuasa, ke- +‎ *wasa, from Javanese ꦏꦸꦮꦱ (kuwasa), ꦏꦮꦱ (kawasa), from Old Javanese kawaśa, from Sanskrit वश (vaśa, “authority, power, control, dominion”).

Pronunciation

Noun

kuasa (plural kuasa-kuasa, first-person possessive kuasaku, second-person possessive kuasamu, third-person possessive kuasanya)

  1. power
    Synonym: tenaga
  2. authority
    Synonym: otoritas
  3. (physics) force (anything that has the power to produce a physical effect)
    Synonym: daya (Standard Malay)

Derived terms

Further reading

Malay

Etymology

From Javanese ꦏꦸꦮꦱ (kuwasa), ꦏꦮꦱ (kawasa), from Sanskrit वश (vaśa, “authority, power, control, dominion”). Reconstructed as ke- +‎ *wasa.

Pronunciation

Noun

kuasa (Jawi spelling کواس, plural kuasa-kuasa, informal 1st possessive kuasaku, 2nd possessive kuasamu, 3rd possessive kuasanya)

  1. power
    Synonym: tenaga
    1. (mathematics) product of equal factors.
      Synonym: pangkat (Indonesia)
    2. (physics) rate of doing work or transferring energy.
      Synonym: daya (Indonesia)
  2. strength
    Synonym: kekuatan
  3. authority
    Synonym: autoriti

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

Descendants

  • Indonesian: kuasa
  • → Min Nan: 掛卅／挂卅 (kòa-sa̍p), 掛些／挂些 (kòa-se), 掛沙／挂沙 (kòa-sa)
  • → Tausug: kawasa

References

  • Kosakata Bahasa Sanskerta dalam Bahasa Melayu Masa Kini, Jakarta, Indonesia: Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa. Departemen Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 1994, →ISBN, pages 100-1
  • Pijnappel, Jan (1875) “کواس koewasa”, in Maleisch-Hollandsch woordenboek, John Enschede en Zonen, Frederik Muller, pages 91-2
  • Wilkinson, Richard James (1901) “کواس kuwasa”, in A Malay-English dictionary, Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, page 542
  • Wilkinson, Richard James (1932) “kuasa”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume I, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, page 616

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