sanggama

Borrowed from Javanese ꦱꦁꦒꦩ (sanggama, “sexual intercourse”),^[1] from Old Javanese saṅgama (“coming together, meeting (in friendly or hostile way), union, intercourse; confluence of two rivers; sexual union”), from Sanskrit सङ्गम, संगम (saṅgama, saṃgama, “intercourse, sexual union; meeting, union; gathering”).

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /saŋˈɡama/ [saŋˈɡa.ma]
• Rhymes: -ama
• Syllabification: sang‧ga‧ma

sanggama (uncountable)

1. sexual intercourse

• senggama

• → Malay: sanggama (semantic loan)

• “sanggama”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

sanggama

1. romanization of ꦱꦁꦒꦩ

Ultimately from Sanskrit सङ्गम, संगम (saṅgama, saṃgama, “intercourse, sexual union; meeting, union; gathering”) (compare with Thai สังคม (sǎng-kom) and Tamil சங்கம் (caṅkam)).

• Attested in Wilkinson (1901) and Wilkinson (1932) as سڠݢام sĕnggama with definition of union, association, confederation, sangha.
• The sense of sexual intercourse and to fornicate, to engage in sex is reinforced through Indonesian sanggama and Javanese sanggama.

sanggama (Jawi spelling سڠݢام, plural sanggama-sanggama or sanggama²)

1. sexual intercourse

   Synonyms: amput, persetubuhan

2. (archaic) union, association, confederation, sangha

   Synonyms: gabungan, persatuan, serikat, syarikat

sanggama (used in the form bersanggama)

1. to fornicate, to engage in sex

• senggama

• Edi Sedyawati; Ellya Iswati; Kusparyati Boedhijono; Dyah Widjajanti D. (1994), Kosakata Bahasa Sanskerta dalam Bahasa Melayu Masa Kini, Jakarta, Indonesia: Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa. Departemen Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, →ISBN, pages 266-7
• Wilkinson, Richard James (1901), “سڠݢام sĕnggama”, in A Malay-English dictionary‎^[1], Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, page 388
• Wilkinson, Richard James (1932), “sĕnggama”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised)‎^[2], volume II, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, page 381

"sanggama" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017

Eventually from Sanskrit सङ्गम (saṅgama, “intercourse”).

sanggama (Sundanese script ᮞᮀᮌᮙ)

1. sexual intercourse