sanggama

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Javanese ꦱꦁꦒꦩ (sanggama, “sexual intercourse”), from Old Javanese saṅgama (“coming together, meeting (in friendly or hostile way), union, intercourse; confluence of two rivers; sexual union”), from Sanskrit सङ्गम, संगम (saṅgama, saṃgama, “intercourse, sexual union; meeting, union; gathering”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /saŋˈɡama/ [saŋˈɡa.ma]
• Rhymes: -ama
• Syllabification: sang‧ga‧ma

Noun

sanggama (uncountable)

1. sexual intercourse

Alternative forms

• senggama

Affixed terms

• bersanggama
• persanggamaan

Descendants

• → Malay: sanggama (semantic loan)

Further reading

• “sanggama”, 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

sanggama

1. romanization of ꦱꦁꦒꦩ

Malay

Etymology

Ultimately from Sanskrit सङ्गम, संगम (saṅgama, saṃgama, “intercourse, sexual union; meeting, union; gathering”) (compare with Thai สังคม (sǎng-kom) and Tamil சங்கம் (caṅkam)).

• Attested in Wilkinson (1901) and Wilkinson (1932) as سڠݢام sĕnggama with definition of union, association, confederation, sangha.
• The sense of sexual intercourse and to fornicate, to engage in sex is reinforced through Indonesian sanggama and Javanese sanggama.

Noun

sanggama (Jawi spelling سڠݢام, plural sanggama-sanggama or sanggama²)

1. sexual intercourse

   Synonyms: amput, persetubuhan

2. (archaic) union, association, confederation, sangha

   Synonyms: gabungan, persatuan, serikat, syarikat

Verb

sanggama (used in the form bersanggama)

1. to fornicate, to engage in sex

Alternative forms

• senggama

References

• Edi Sedyawati; Ellya Iswati; Kusparyati Boedhijono; Dyah Widjajanti D. (1994), Kosakata Bahasa Sanskerta dalam Bahasa Melayu Masa Kini, Jakarta, Indonesia: Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa. Departemen Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, →ISBN, pages 266-7
• Wilkinson, Richard James (1901), “سڠݢام sĕnggama”, in A Malay-English dictionary‎^[1], Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, page 388
• Wilkinson, Richard James (1932), “sĕnggama”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised)‎^[2], volume II, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, page 381

Further reading

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

Sundanese

Etymology

Eventually from Sanskrit सङ्गम (saṅgama, “intercourse”).

Noun

sanggama (Sundanese script ᮞᮀᮌᮙ)

1. sexual intercourse