saṅgama

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Old Javanese

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit सङ्गम (saṅgama, intercourse, sexual union).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /saŋ.ɡa.ma/
  • Rhymes: -ma
  • Hyphenation: sang‧ga‧ma

Noun

saṅgama

  1. coming together, meeting (in friendly or hostile way)
  2. union
  3. intercourse
  4. confluence of two rivers
  5. sexual union

Derived terms

Descendants

  • > Javanese: ꦱꦁꦒꦩ (sanggama) (inherited)

Further reading

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