waca

Balinese

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Javanese waca, from Sanskrit वाचा (vācā).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wat͡ʃə/

Verb

waca (Balinese script ᬯᬘ)

1. to read

Further reading

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

Javanese

Romanization

waca

1. romanization of ꦮꦕ

Old English

Verb

waca

1. imperative singular of wacian

Old Javanese

Etymology

From Sanskrit वाचा (vācā).

Verb

waca

1. to read

Derived terms

• amaca
• aṅwaca
• pamaca
• pamacan
• waca-wacan
• winaca
• winacakĕn

Descendants

• Javanese: ꦮꦕ (waca, “to read; to recite”)
• → Balinese: ᬯᬘ (waca, “to read”)

Further reading

• "waca" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.