sanca
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Malay
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Possibly an innovative form of Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sawa (“python”) (compare the word formation with embacang). Doublet of sawa.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Johor-Selangor) IPA(key): /sant͡ʃə/
- (Riau-Lingga) IPA(key): /sant͡ʃa/
- Rhymes: -ant͡ʃə, -t͡ʃə, -ə
Noun
[edit]sanca (plural sanca-sanca, informal 1st possessive sancaku, 2nd possessive sancamu, 3rd possessive sancanya)
- a type of python
Further reading
[edit]- “sanca” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
Categories:
- Malay terms inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
- Malay terms derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
- Malay doublets
- Malay terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Malay/ant͡ʃə
- Rhymes:Malay/ant͡ʃə/2 syllables
- Rhymes:Malay/t͡ʃə
- Rhymes:Malay/t͡ʃə/2 syllables
- Rhymes:Malay/ə
- Rhymes:Malay/ə/2 syllables
- Malay lemmas
- Malay nouns