mās

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Old Javanese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Several etymologies have been proposed:

From Sanskrit माष (māṣa, “particular weight of gold”). Compare to Bengali মাস্ (maś).
From Pre-Angkorian Old Khmer mās ~ mas (“gold”), from Proto-Mon-Khmer *jmaas, an infixed form of *jaas (“to shine”). Compare Old Mon yimās (“shining (gold)”) and yās (“dawn; to shine”).

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Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /mas/
Homophone: mas
Hyphenation: mas

Noun

mās

gold
wealth
a measure of gold
intimate address

Adjective

mās

golden

Derived terms

Descendants

Javanese: ꦩꦱ꧀ (mas), ꦲꦼꦩꦱ꧀ (emas)

Further reading

"mās" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

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