waca

Balinese

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Javanese waca, from Sanskrit वाचा (vācā).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /wat͡ʃə/

Verb

waca (Balinese script ᬯᬘ)

  1. to read

Further reading

  • “waca” in Balinese–Indonesian Dictionary [Kamus Bahasa Bali–Indonesia], Denpasar, Indonesia: The Linguistic Center of Bali Province [Balai Bahasa Provinsi Bali].

Javanese

Romanization

waca

  1. romanization of ꦮꦕ

Old English

Verb

waca

  1. imperative singular of wacian

Old Javanese

Etymology

From Sanskrit वाचा (vācā).

Verb

waca

  1. to read

Derived terms

  • amaca
  • aṅwaca
  • pamaca
  • pamacan
  • waca-wacan
  • winaca
  • winacakĕn

Descendants

  • Javanese: ꦮꦕ (waca, “to read; to recite”)
  • → Balinese: ᬯᬘ (waca, “to read”)

Further reading

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