kata nama
Indonesian
Etymology
Inherited from Malay kata nama.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈkata ˈnama]
Noun
- (grammar) noun
- Synonyms: kata benda, nomina, substantif
Further reading
- “kata nama”, 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
Malay
Etymology
Compound of kata (“word”) + nama (“name”) from Arabic اِسْم (ism)[1] with later influence of Dutch naamwoord (“noun”, literally “name + word”); compare Chinese 名詞 / 名词 (míngcí)
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -a
Noun
kata nama (plural kata-kata nama or kata2 nama)
Derived terms
Affixed terms and other derivations
Irregular affixed derivations, other derivations and compound words:
References
- ^ Versteegh, Kees (September 2020), “Extended grammar: Malay and the Arabic tradition”, in Histoire Épistémologie Langage, volumes 42-1, , page 8