laksa

See also: laksa'

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Malay laksa.

Noun

laksa (countable and uncountable, plural laksas)

1. A spicy stew from Indonesia or Malaysia.

Translations

a spicy stew from Indonesia or Malaysia

• Arabic: لَاكْسَا f (lāksā)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 叻沙 (lak⁶ saa¹)

  Mandarin: 喇沙 (lǎshā), 叻沙 (lèshā)

  Min Nan: lat-sa

• German: Laksa f
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• Indonesian: laksa (id)
• Japanese: ラクサ (rakusa)
• Korean: 락사 (raksa)
• Malay: laksa (ms)
• Russian: ла́кса (ru) f (láksa)
• Spanish: laksa f
• Thai: ละก์ซา (lá-saa)

Anagrams

• Laska, salak

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Cebuano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: lak‧sa

Numeral

laksa

1. ten thousand

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Indonesian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /laksa/
• Hyphenation: lak‧sa

Etymology 1

From Sanskrit लक्ष (lakṣa, “hundred thousand”).

Numeral

laksa

1. ten thousand

Etymology 2

From

• Min Nan 辣沙 (“spicy sand”), or
• Persian لاکچه (lākcha, “pasta put into broth”).

Noun

laksa (first-person possessive laksaku, second-person possessive laksamu, third-person possessive laksanya)

1. laksa, a spicy stew from Indonesia or Malaysia.

Further reading

• “laksa” 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.

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Malay

Alternative forms

• لقسا

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /laksə/
• IPA^(key): /laksa/

Etymology 1

From Min Nan 辣沙 (“spicy sand”).

Noun

laksa

1. laksa (a spicy stew from Indonesia or Malaysia)

Etymology 2

Malay cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : laksa

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Sanskrit लक्ष (laksan, “hundred thousand”).

Numeral

laksa

1. ten thousand

Synonyms

• puluh ribu / ڤولوه ريبو

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Spanish

Noun

laksa f (plural laksas)

1. laksa

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Tagalog

Etymology

From Sanskrit लक्ष (lakṣa, “hundred thousand”).

Numeral

laksâ

1. ten thousand

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Yami

Etymology

From Sanskrit लक्ष (lakṣa, “hundred thousand”).

Numeral

laksa

1. ten thousand