mangsa

Balinese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *mems-

Proto-Indo-European *mḗmsder.

Proto-Indo-Iranian *māmsám

Sanskrit मांस (māṃsa)bor.

Old Javanese māṅsabor.

Balinese mangsa

Borrowed from Old Javanese māṅsa (“flesh, meat; prey, food; flesh-eating; consuming, devouring”), from Sanskrit मांस (māṃsa, “flesh”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maŋ.sə/
• Rhymes: -aŋsə
• Hyphenation: mang‧sa

Noun

mangsa (Balinese script ᬫᬵᬗ᭄ᬲ or ᬫᬗ᭄ᬲ)

1. carnivore

Further reading

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

Indonesian

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *mems-

Proto-Indo-European *mḗmsder.

Proto-Indo-Iranian *māmsám

Sanskrit मांस (māṃsa)bor.

Malay mangsa

Indonesian mangsa

From Malay mangsa (“victim, corpse”), from Sanskrit मांस (māṃsa, “flesh”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmaŋ.sa/
• Rhymes: -sa
• Hyphenation: mang‧sa

Noun

mangsa

1. prey
   1. that which is or may be seized by animals to be devoured
   2. a person or thing given up as a victim
   3. a living thing, usually an animal, that is eaten by another living thing
   4. (rare) the victim of a disease

Verb

mangsa (active memangsa, passive dimangsa)

1. (transitive) to prey on
   1. to eat (as a predator)
   2. (figuratively) to exploit or victimize

Derived terms

• pemangsa

Further reading

• “mangsa”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Javanese

Romanization

mangsa

1. romanization of ꦩꦁꦱ

Malay

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *mems-

Proto-Indo-European *mḗmsder.

Proto-Indo-Iranian *māmsám

Sanskrit मांस (māṃsa)bor.

Malay mangsa

Borrowed from Sanskrit मांस (māṃsa, “flesh”).

Pronunciation

• (schwa-variety) IPA^(key): /ˈmaŋsə/ [ˈmaŋ.sə]

  • Audio (Malaysia):

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  • Rhymes: -aŋsə, -sə, -ə
• (Baku) IPA^(key): /ˈmaŋsa/ [ˈmaŋ.sa]

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  • Rhymes: -aŋsa, -sa, -a
• Hyphenation: mang‧sa

Noun

mangsa (Jawi spelling مڠسا, plural mangsa-mangsa or mangsa²)

1. prey (animal preyed on by other animals)

   Antonym: pemangsa

   Tikus merupakan mangsa kepada helang dan burung hantu.

   Rats are prey to eagles and owls.

2. (figurative) victim

   Synonym: korban

   Ada mangsa yang tidak bersuara kerana takut dikecam orang kenalan.

   There are victims who don't speak up because they are worried they would be berated by their close ones.

Affixations

• memangsakan (“to prey on”)
• pemangsa (“predator”)
• pemangsangan (“act of preying on something”)

Descendants

• > Indonesian: mangsa (inherited)

Further reading

• "mangsa" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017

Sundanese

Etymology 1

From Javanese ꦩꦁꦱ (mangsa), from Old Javanese māsa (“month; time”)

Noun

mangsa

1. time

   Geus nepi ka mangsana ― The time has come

2. season

Derived terms

• kalamangsa
• katitimangsa
• mangsa harita
• pranatamangsa
• samangsa
• samangsa-mangsa
• titimangsa

Etymology 2

From Javanese ꦩꦁꦱ (mangsa), from Old Javanese māṅsa (“flesh; prey”)

Noun

mangsa

1. prey

Derived terms

• dimangsa
• mamangsan
• ngamangsa

Etymology 3

From Javanese ꦩꦁꦱ (mangsa), from Old Javanese masa (“certainly not”)

Adverb

mangsa

1. (rare) by no means

Notes

• Only survives in compound words such as mangsabodo.

Derived terms

• mangsabodo

Further reading

• "mangsa" in Maman Sumantri; Atjep Djamaludin; Achmad Patoni; R.H. Moch. Koerdie; M.O. Koesman; Epa Sjafei Adisastra. (1985), Kamus Sunda-Indonesia [Sundanese-Indonesian Dictionary] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Department of Education and Culture of the Republic of Indonesia