mangka

mangka

1. mango

Back-formation from semangka (whereas English watermelon). Coined to translate English melon.

mangka (plural mangka-mangka)

1. muskmelon; cantaloupe (Cucumis melo subsp. melo)

   Synonyms: (rare) kerahi, melon, (archaic) melun

mangka

1. mango

• IPA^(key): [ˈmɐŋkɐ]

mangka

1. hair (on the head)

• uru

• mangkaṉi (“to put sth into one's hair”)
• mangka-mangka (“matspurge, Euphorbia drummondii”)

From Old Sundanese maṅka, from Old Javanese maṅka (“thus, like that, likewise”). Compare Indonesian maka (“so; therefore”).

mangka

1. (subjunctive) to be; so

   Synonym: matak

• "MANGKA", in Coolsma, S (1913), Soendaneesch-Hollandsch Woordenboek (in Dutch), Leiden: A.W. Sijthoff's Uitgeversmaatschappij