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masa.

period,

4 characters2 syllables approx.Bahasa Indonesia language

Meaning & usage

noun[ˈmasa]

  1. period, history: period of time seen as coherent entity

  2. period, length of time

  3. period, length of time during which something repeats

  4. time, inevitable passing of events

  5. time, quantity of availability in time

  6. time, time of day, as indicated by a clock, etc.

  7. time, particular moment or hour

  8. time, measurement under some system of the time of day or moment in time

  9. time, numerical indication of a particular moment in time

  10. era

Where this word comes from

From Malay masa, from Old Javanese masa, māsa (“time, time of day; season”, literally “month”), from Sanskrit मास (māsa, “month”). * The sense of doubt or disbelief expression is a semantic loan from Javanese ꦩꦺꦴꦱꦺꦴꦏ꧀ (mosok), variant of ꦩꦱ (masa, “disbelief expression”, literally “certainly not”), from Old Javanese masa (“certainly not”) (cf. salah masa (“at the wrong time”)).

noun[ˈmasa]

  1. unit of measurement of weight for gold and silver

    uncountable
Where this word comes from

Ultimately from Sanskrit माष (māṣa, “a weight of gold”).

adv[ˈmasa]

  1. words to express distrust and rhetorical in nature

  2. express the speaker's doubt or disbelief about something that they have just heard, learned, or noticed

Where this word comes from

From Malay masa, from Old Javanese masa, māsa (“time, time of day; season”, literally “month”), from Sanskrit मास (māsa, “month”). * The sense of doubt or disbelief expression is a semantic loan from Javanese ꦩꦺꦴꦱꦺꦴꦏ꧀ (mosok), variant of ꦩꦱ (masa, “disbelief expression”, literally “certainly not”), from Old Javanese masa (“certainly not”) (cf. salah masa (“at the wrong time”)).

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