kuasa

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

• IPA^(key): [kuˈasa]
• Rhymes: -sa, -a
• Hyphenation: ku‧a‧sa

kuasa (plural kuasa-kuasa, first-person possessive kuasaku, second-person possessive kuasamu, third-person possessive kuasanya)

1. power

   Synonym: tenaga

2. authority

   Synonym: otoritas

3. (physics) force (anything that has the power to produce a physical effect)

   Synonym: daya (Standard Malay)

• “kuasa” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

From Javanese ꦏꦸꦮꦱ (kuwasa), ꦏꦮꦱ (kawasa), from Sanskrit वश (vaśa, “authority, power, control, dominion”). Reconstructed as ke- +‎ *wasa.

• IPA^(key): /kuasa/
• Rhymes: -asa, -sa

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• Rhymes: -a

kuasa (Jawi spelling کواس‎, plural kuasa-kuasa, informal 1st possessive kuasaku, 2nd possessive kuasamu, 3rd possessive kuasanya)

1. power

   Synonym: tenaga

   1. (mathematics) product of equal factors.

      Synonym: pangkat (Indonesia)

   2. (physics) rate of doing work or transferring energy.

      Synonym: daya (Indonesia)

2. authority

   Synonym: autoriti

• Indonesian: kuasa
• → Min Nan: 掛卅／挂卅 (kòa-sa̍p), 掛些／挂些 (kòa-se), 掛沙／挂沙 (kòa-sa)

• “kuasa” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.