antawacana

Indonesian

Etymology

From Javanese [Term?] (“dialog”), from Old Javanese antah +‎ wacana, from Sanskrit अंतः (aṃtaḥ) +‎ वचन (vacana). Reconstructed as antah +‎ wacana.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [antawaˈt͡ʃana]
Hyphenation: an‧ta‧wa‧ca‧na

Noun

antawacana (first-person possessive antawacanaku, second-person possessive antawacanamu, third-person possessive antawacananya)

(art, wayang) dhalang's specific speaking style associated with each puppet
(dialect, Java, drama) dialog.
Synonym: dialog

Further reading

“antawacana” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

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