berantas
Indonesian
Etymology
Inherited from Malay berantas, affixed rantas + ber-, from Javanese ꦧꦿꦤ꧀ꦠꦱ꧀ (brantas, “to wipe out, to remove”). Compare with Minangkabau barantas, Malay banteras, Classical Malay بنترس (banteras).
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -as
- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /bəˈrantas/ [bəˈran̪.t̪as]
- Rhymes: -antas
- Syllabification: be‧ran‧tas
Verb
bêrantas
- to eradicate
Alternative forms
- banteras (Standard Malay)
Derived terms
- diberantas
- memberantas
- pemberantas
- pemberantasan
Further reading
- “berantas”, 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