mangka

Ibaloi

Noun

mangka

1. mango

Indonesian

Etymology

Back-formation from semangka (whereas English watermelon). Coined to translate English melon.

Noun

mangka (plural mangka-mangka)

1. muskmelon; cantaloupe (Cucumis melo subsp. melo)

   Synonyms: (rare) kerahi, melon, (archaic) melun

Karao

Noun

mangka

1. mango

Makasar

Etymology

Variant of mingka.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmaŋka/, [ˈmaŋ.kʰa]
• Hyphenation: mang‧ka

Conjunction

mangka (Lontara spelling ᨆᨀ or 𑻥𑻠)

1. but; however

   Synonyms: mingka, ingka

Further reading

• Cense, A. A. (1979), Makassaars-Nederlands woordenboek [Makasar-Dutch dictionary], 's-Gravenhage: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

Pitjantjatjara

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmɐŋkɐ]

Noun

mangka

1. hair (on the head)

Hypernyms

• uru

Derived terms

• mangkaṉi (“to put sth into one's hair”)
• mangka-mangka (“matspurge, Euphorbia drummondii”)

Sundanese

Etymology

From Old Sundanese maṅka, from Old Javanese maṅka (“thus, like that, likewise”). Compare Indonesian maka (“so; therefore”).

Verb

mangka

1. (subjunctive) to be; so

   Synonym: matak

Derived terms

• mangka hadé
• mangkadé
• mangkana
• minangka
• nu mangka

Further reading

• "MANGKA", in Coolsma, S (1913), Soendaneesch-Hollandsch Woordenboek (in Dutch), Leiden: A.W. Sijthoff's Uitgeversmaatschappij