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Indonesian
Etymology
From Malay sanggama from Sanskrit सङ्गम (saṅgama, “intercourse, sexual union”). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key):
- Hyphenation: sang‧ga‧ma
Verb
sanggama
- to have sexual intercourse.
Affixed terms
Further reading
Malay
Etymology
From Sanskrit सङ्गम (saṅgama, “intercourse, sexual union”), sense of political union from conflation with Sanskrit सङ्घ (saṅgha) (compare with Thai สังคม (sǎng-kom) and Tamil சங்கம் (caṅkam))
Noun
sanggama (Jawi spelling سڠݢام, plural sanggama-sanggama, informal 1st possessive sanggamaku, 2nd possessive sanggamamu, 3rd possessive sanggamanya)
- sexual intercourse
- Synonyms: amput, persetubuhan
- (archaic) union, association, confederation, sangha
- Synonyms: gabungan, persatuan, serikat, syarikat
Verb
sanggama (used in the form bersanggama)
- to fornicate, to engage in sex
References
- Edi Sedyawati, Ellya Iswati, Kusparyati Boedhijono, Dyah Widjajanti D. (1994) Kosakata Bahasa Sanskerta dalam Bahasa Melayu Masa Kini, Jakarta, Indonesia: Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa. Departemen Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, →ISBN, pages 266-7
- Wilkinson, Richard James (1901) “سڠݢام sĕnggama”, in A Malay-English dictionary, Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, page 388
- Wilkinson, Richard James (1932) “sĕnggama”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume II, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, page 381
Further reading
“sanggama” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
Sundanese
Romanization
sanggama
- Romanization of ᮞᮀᮌᮙ