berita

Borrowed from Sanskrit वृत्त (vṛtta)

• IPA^(key): /bərɪta/

berita

1. news

Inherited from Malay berita, from Old Malay berita (compare to Old Javanese wrĕta), from Sanskrit वृत्त (vṛtta). Doublet of warita, warta, urit, and urita. Not borrowed from Dutch berichten.

• Displaced Dutch verslag (“report”) by Komisi Bahasa Indonesia as published on Kanpō/Berita Pemerintah No.38 Year III Month 3 (2604) in 1944.

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /bəˈrita/ [bəˈri.t̪a]
• Rhymes: -ita
• Syllabification: be‧ri‧ta

bêrita (plural berita-berita)

1. news

   Synonyms: info, informasi, kabar, warta, warita, kisah, siaran, uar-uar, urit, urita, wara-wara

2. report

   Synonym: laporan

3. announcement

   Synonyms: maklumat, pemberitahuan, pengumuman

• “berita”, 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

Borrowed from Sanskrit वृत्त (vṛtta). Doublet of warta (compare to Old Javanese wrĕta).

• (Baku) IPA^(key): /bəˈrita/ [bəˈri.t̪a]
  • Rhymes: -ita, -ta, -a
• (schwa-variety) IPA^(key): /bəˈritə/ [bəˈri.t̪ə]
  • Rhymes: -itə, -tə, -ə
• Hyphenation: be‧ri‧ta

berita (Jawi spelling بريتا, plural berita-berita or berita²)

1. news

   Synonyms: khabar, warta

• > Indonesian: berita (inherited)
• → Central Bikol: bareta
• → Cebuano: balita
• → Hiligaynon: balita
• → Matigsalug Manobo: balita
• → Tagalog: balita
• → Tausug: bayta'

• 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 195-196

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