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saka.

house pole

4 characters2 syllables approx.Bahasa Indonesia language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈsaka/Standard-Indonesian[ˈsa.ka]Standard-Indonesian
  1. house pole

Where this word comes from

Inherited from Malay saka, from Pali saka (“name of a tree (Tectona grandis)”), from Sanskrit शाखा (śākhā, “branch, door post”).

noun/ˈsaka/Standard-Indonesian[ˈsa.ka]Standard-Indonesian
  1. fist competition

    dialectal
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Tolaki [Term?]

noun/ˈsaka/Standard-Indonesian[ˈsa.ka]Standard-Indonesian
  1. cane sugar

Where this word comes from

From Minangkabau [Term?], from Persian شکر (šakar), from Sanskrit शर्कर (śárkarā), from Proto-Indo-Iranian, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱorkeh₂. Doublet of sakar (“sugar”).

noun/ˈsaka/Standard-Indonesian[ˈsa.ka]Standard-Indonesian
  1. syllabic abbreviation of satuan karya pramuka

noun/ˈsaka/Standard-Indonesian[ˈsa.ka]Standard-Indonesian
  1. maternal family

  2. the customary rank of the people who are hereditary

Where this word comes from

From Minangkabau [Term?], probably from Sanskrit सखा (sakhā), सखि (sakhi, “friend, assistant, brother-in-law”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *sákʰā, from Proto-Indo-European *sokʷH- (“friend, companion”), from *sekʷ- (“follow”). Doublet of saki.

noun/ˈsaka/Standard-Indonesian[ˈsa.ka]Standard-Indonesian
  1. affluent, rivulet, tributary

    dialectal
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Ngaju [Term?]

noun/ˈsaka/Standard-Indonesian[ˈsa.ka]Standard-Indonesian
  1. dry coconut leaves

Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Kamang [Term?]

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