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kuasa.

power:

5 characters2 syllables approx.Bahasa Indonesia language

Meaning & usage

noun/kuˈasa/Standard-Indonesian[kuˈa.sa]Standard-Indonesian
  1. power: the ability to do or undergo something

    uncountable
  2. power: the ability to coerce, influence or control

    uncountable
  3. power: the probability that a statistical test will reject the null hypothesis when the alternative hypothesis is true

    uncountable
  4. authority

    uncountable
  5. force (anything that has the power to produce a physical effect)

    uncountable
  6. mandate

    uncountable
Where this word comes from

From Malay kuasa, ke- + *wasa, from Javanese ꦏꦸꦮꦱ (kuwasa), ꦏꦮꦱ (kawasa), from Old Javanese kawaśa, from Sanskrit वश (vaśa, “authority, power, control, dominion”). * Semantic loan from Dutch mandaat (“mandate”).

noun/kuˈasa/Standard-Indonesian[kuˈa.sa]Standard-Indonesian
  1. goad, ankus

Where this word comes from

Ultimately from Sanskrit अङ्कुश (aṅkuśa, “hook, elephant-driver's hook”). Doublet of kusa.

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