kuasa
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Indonesian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Malay kuasa, ke- + *wasa, from Javanese ꦏꦸꦮꦱ (kuwasa), ꦏꦮꦱ (kawasa), from Old Javanese kawaśa, from Sanskrit वश (vaśa, “authority, power, control, dominion”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
kuasa (plural kuasa-kuasa, first-person possessive kuasaku, second-person possessive kuasamu, third-person possessive kuasanya)
- power
- Synonym: tenaga
- authority
- Synonym: otoritas
- (physics) force (anything that has the power to produce a physical effect)
- Synonym: daya (Standard Malay)
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “kuasa” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Malay[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Javanese ꦏꦸꦮꦱ (kuwasa), ꦏꦮꦱ (kawasa), from Sanskrit वश (vaśa, “authority, power, control, dominion”). Reconstructed as ke- + *wasa.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
kuasa (Jawi spelling کواس, plural kuasa-kuasa, informal 1st possessive kuasaku, 2nd possessive kuasamu, 3rd possessive kuasanya)
- power
- Synonym: tenaga
- (mathematics) product of equal factors.
- Synonym: pangkat (Indonesia)
- (physics) rate of doing work or transferring energy.
- Synonym: daya (Indonesia)
- strength
- Synonym: kekuatan
- authority
- Synonym: autoriti
Derived terms[edit]
Affixed terms and other derivations
Regular affixed derivations:
- kekuasaan [abstract / locative] (ke-an)
- penguasa [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure] (peN-)
- berkuasa [stative / habitual] (beR-)
- menguasai [agent focus + causative (locative) benefactive] (meN- + -i)
- menguasakan [agent focus + causative benefactive] (meN- + -kan)
- kuasaan [timespan / emotion] (-an)
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References[edit]
- 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
Further reading[edit]
- “kuasa” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
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