wakṣa

Old Javanese

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit वक्षस् (vakṣas, “breast”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wak.sa/
• Rhymes: -sa
• Hyphenation: wak‧ṣa

Noun

wakṣa

1. bosom, breast, chest

Derived terms

• mahāwakṣa

 

Descendants

• > Javanese: ꦮꦏ꧀ꦱ (waksa) (inherited)

Further reading

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