ᬓᬲ

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Balinese

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ka.sə/
  • Rhymes: -sə
  • Hyphenation: ka‧sa

Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Old Javanese kāśa (a species of grass, Sacharum spontaneum), from Sanskrit काश (kāśa, wild sugarcane, kans grass).

Noun

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ᬓᬲ (kasa)

  1. (botany) wild sugarcane, kans grass (Saccharum spontaneum).

Etymology 2

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Borrowed from Indonesian kasa (gauze), from Malay kasa (gauze), from Persian خاصه (xâsa, fine cotton cloth of a close texture, called cossas).

Noun

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ᬓᬲ (kasa)

  1. gauze

Etymology 3

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Affixed (sa, one) +‎ ᬓ- (ka-) (compare to Javanese ꦏꦱ (kasa)).

Proper noun

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ᬓᬲ (Kasa)

  1. first month of the Balinese lunar calendar
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Further reading

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