paksa

Albanian

Etymology

From pak (“little, a few”) +‎ sa (“how much”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpaksa]
• Rhymes: -sa
• Hyphenation: pák‧sa

Adverb

paksa

1. a little, a bit

   Synonyms: pak, ca, çikë, cazë, ndopak, capak

Further reading

• FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[1], 1980
• “paksa”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006

Balinese

Noun

paksa (Balinese script ᬧᬓ᭄ᬲ)

1. force

Garo

Etymology

From Sanskrit पक्ष (pakṣa), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *pakšás, from Proto-Indo-European *peg-só-s, from Proto-Indo-European *peg- (“breast”). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

paksa

1. the other side, (of a road, etc.)
2. half

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpak.sa]
• Rhymes: -sa, -a
• Hyphenation: pak‧sa

Etymology 1

From Malay paksa, from Classical Malay paksa, from Sanskrit पक्ष (pakṣa), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *pakšás, from Proto-Indo-European *peg-só-s, from Proto-Indo-European *peg- (“breast”). Possibly distantly related to English fuck.

• Mostly displaced native desak (“to force”, literally “to urge”).

Verb

paksa (active memaksa, reflexive passive terpaksa, ordinary passive dipaksa, imperative paksa, emphatic-jussive paksalah)

1. infinitive and imperative of memaksa (“to force, to compel”)

Noun

paksa (uncountable)

1. compulsion
2. violence

   Synonyms: kekerasan, perkosaan

3. (obsolete) good time
4. (obsolete) side, faction

   Synonyms: pihak, sayap, sisi

Derived terms

• keterpaksaan
• memaksa
• memaksa-maksa
• memaksakan
• paksaan
• pemaksaan
• terpaksa

• daya paksa

Related terms

• rudapaksa

Etymology 2

From Javanese ꦥꦏ꧀ꦱ (paksa), from Old Javanese pakṣa (“the half of a lunar month”), from Sanskrit पक्ष (pakṣa, “the half of a lunar month”), see previous etymology for continuation.

Noun

paksa (plural paksa-paksa)

1. (Java) a unit of time of 15 days

Further reading

• “paksa”, 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

Malay

Etymology

From Sanskrit पक्ष (pakṣa), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *pakšás, from Proto-Indo-European *peg-só-s, from Proto-Indo-European *peg- (“breast”).

Pronunciation

• (schwa-variety) IPA^(key): [päk̚.sə]
• Rhymes: -aksə, -ksə, -sə
• Rhymes: -a

Verb

paksa (Jawi spelling ڤقسا, used in the form memaksa)

1. to force, to compel

Noun

paksa (Jawi spelling ڤقسا, plural paksa-paksa or paksa²)

1. compulsion, force
2. (Classical Malay) good time
3. (Classical Malay) wing

   Synonym: sayap

4. (Classical Malay) side, faction

   Synonyms: pihak, sisi

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

• pemaksa [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure] (peN-)
• pemaksaan [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure + resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (peN- + -an)
• paksaan [resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (-an)
• paksakan [causative benefactive] (-kan)
• memaksa [agent focus] (meN-)
• memaksakan [agent focus + causative benefactive] (meN- + -kan)
• dipaksa [patient focus] (di-)
• dipaksakan [patient focus + causative benefactive] (di- + -kan)
• terpaksa [agentless action] (teR-)
• keterpaksaan [agentless action + abstract / locative] (teR- + ke-an)

Irregular affixed derivations, other derivations and compound words:

• memaksa-maksa

Further reading

• “paksa”, in Kamus Dewan [The Institute Dictionary] (in Malay), Fourth edition, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2005, →ISBN
• "paksa" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit पक्ष (pakṣa, “matter under discussion”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /pakˈsaʔ/ [pɐkˈsaʔ]
• Rhymes: -aʔ
• Syllabification: pak‧sa

Noun

paksâ (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜃ᜔ᜐ)

1. subject
2. topic

Derived terms

• paksang-aralin

Further reading

• “paksa”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018

Anagrams

• sapak, kapas