# gangsa
## English
### Noun

gangsa (uncountable)
* Alternative form of ganza (“type of metal”)

## Balinese
### Romanization

gangsa
* Romanization of ᬕᬗ᭄ᬲ

## Cebuano
### Noun

gangsa
* Alternative form of gansa

## Indonesian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɡaŋ.sa/
* Rhymes: -sa, -a
* Hyphenation: gang‧sa

### Etymology 1

Inherited from Malay gangsa (“bronze”), from Sanskrit कंस (kaṃsa). Semantic loan from Javanese ꦒꦁꦱ (gangsa, “musical instrument and/or ensemble”) and Balinese ᬕᬗ᭄ᬲ (gangsa) for musical sense.

#### Noun

gangsa (plural gangsa-gangsa)
* bronze
    Synonym: perunggu
* (music) brass, bell-metal

##### Derived terms

* pegangsaan

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Javanese ꦒꦁꦱ (gangsa, “goose”), from Old Javanese aṅsa, haṅsa (“goose, gander, swan, flamingo”), from Sanskrit हंस (haṃsa, “goose, gander, swan, flamingo”). Doublet of angsa.

#### Noun

gangsa (plural gangsa-gangsa)
* (zoology, colloquial) booby, gannet (family Sulidae spp.).
    Synonym: angsa batu

### Further reading

* “gangsa” 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.

## Javanese
### Romanization

gangsa
* Romanization of ꦒꦁꦱ

## Kankanaey
### Pronunciation

* (Standard Kankanaey)
** IPA: /ɡaŋˈsa/ [ɡʌnˈsa]
*** IPA: (parts of Bauko, Sabangan, & Tadian) /ɡaŋˈha/ [ɡʌnˈha]
*** Rhymes: -a
** IPA: /ˈɡaŋsa/ [ˈɡʌn.sʌ]
*** IPA: (parts of Bauko, Sabangan, & Tadian) /ˈɡaŋha/ [ˈɡʌn.hʌ]
*** Rhymes: -aŋsa, (parts of Bauko, Sabangan, & Tadian) -aŋha
* Syllabification: gang‧sa

### Noun

gangsá or gángsa
* a shallow hand-held copper gong, extensively used in dances

#### Synonyms

Southern / Central :
| Mt. Province | Tadian | gangsa, (Lubon) gangha, (Banaao, Cadad-anan, Cagubatan, Dacudac, Lenga, Pandayan) gangha |
| Mt. Province | Bauko | gangsa, (Banao, Bila, Otucan) gangha |
| Mt. Province | Sabangan | gangsa, (Tambingan, Supang, Data, Lagan, Losad, Poblacion) gangsa, (Bun-ayan, Pingad, Bao-angan, Camatagan, Napua, Gayang, Capinitan, Busa, Namatec) gangha |
| Northern / Applai |||
| Mt. Province | Sagada | gangsa |

#### Derived terms

* ginangangsa
* mangangsa
* manggangsa

### References

* Morice Vanoverbergh (1933) “gangsá”, in A Dictionary of Lepanto Igorot or Kankanay. As it is spoken at Bauco (Linguistische Anthropos-Bibliothek; XII)‎, Mödling bei Wien, St. Gabriel, Österreich: Verlag der Internationalen Zeitschrift „Anthropos“, →OCLC, page 162
* Morice Vanoverbergh (1982) “Kankanay Games: A Lexicon”, in Asian Folklore Studies‎, volume 41, number 1 (overall work in English and Kankanaey), Nanzan University, →DOI, page 106
* Allen, Larry (2021) “gángsa”, in Kankanaey – English Dictionary, Summer Institute of Linguistics

## Malay
### Etymology

From Sanskrit कंस (kaṃsa).

### Pronunciation

* (Johor-Selangor) IPA: /ɡaŋsə/
* (Riau-Lingga) IPA: /ɡaŋsa/
* Rhymes: -aŋsə, -sə, -ə

### Noun

gangsa (Jawi spelling ݢڠسا, informal 1st possessive gangsaku, 2nd possessive gangsamu, 3rd possessive gangsanya)
* bronze (alloy)

### Further reading

* “gangsa” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

## Tagalog
### Etymology 1

From Malay gangsa (“bell-metal; bronze”) via a Cordilleran language such as Central Bontoc gangsa, from Sanskrit कंस (kaṃsa). Compare Kankanaey gangsa, Tausug gangsa', Indonesian kangsa, Javanese ꦒꦁꦱ (gangsa) and Balinese ᬕᬗ᭄ᬲ (gangsa). See also kansa.

#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ˈɡaŋsa/ [ˈɡan̪.sɐ]
* Rhymes: -aŋsa
* Syllabification: gang‧sa

#### Noun

gangsa (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜅ᜔ᜐ) (music)
* brass gong with convex side and forked stick as a handle

##### Alternative forms

* gansa

##### See also

* kulintang

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ɡaŋˈsaʔ/ [ɡɐn̪ˈsaʔ]
* Rhymes: -aʔ
* Syllabification: gang‧sa

#### Noun

gangsâ (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜅ᜔ᜐ)
* Obsolete form of gansa.

### Further reading

* “gangsa”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2024
* “gangsa”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
* Panganiban, José Villa (1973) Diksyunaryo-Tesauro Pilipino-Ingles (overall work in Tagalog and English), Quezon City: Manlapaz Publishing Co., page 427

### Anagrams

* sangag