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Indonesian
Etymology
Borrowed from Javanese ꦉꦏ꧀ꦱ (reksa, “to guard, to watch over”), from Old Javanese rakṣa (“guarding, protecting; protection”), from Sanskrit रक्षा (rakṣā, “guard”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /rək.sa/
- Hyphenation: rêk‧sa
Noun
rêksa (first-person possessive reksaku, second-person possessive reksamu, third-person possessive reksanya)
- police
- Synonym: polisi
- guard
Further reading
Javanese
Romanization
reksa
- Romanization of ꦉꦏ꧀ꦱ
Kashubian
Etymology
Borrowed from English rag.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈrɛksa/
- Rhymes: -ɛksa
- Syllabification: rek‧sa
Noun
reksa f
- (United States) rag
Further reading
- Stanislow Frymark (2020) “reksa”, in Kashubian Language in Canada, the USA and New Zealand; Lexical Interferences in Kashubian Language in Canada, the USA and New Zealand (in English and Kashubian), Zómk Zôbòrsczi, →ISBN