parawangsa
Indonesian
Etymology
From Sasak parawangsa. Reanalysed as para + wangsa.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [paraˈwaŋsa]
- Hyphenation: pa‧ra‧wang‧sa
Noun
parawangsa (first-person possessive parawangsaku, second-person possessive parawangsamu, third-person possessive parawangsanya)
- (dialect, Sasak) an eminent class of people who were descended from village leaders, but not nobles.
Further reading
- “parawangsa” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.