kata serapan

Indonesian

Etymology

Compound of kata (“word”) +‎ serapan (“absorbed, penetrated”), calque of Arabic لفظ دخيل (lafz dakhil, “loanword”, literally “penetrating word”)

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˌkata səˈrapan/ [ˌka.t̪a səˈra.pan]
  • Rhymes: -apan
  • Syllabification: ka‧ta se‧ra‧pan

Noun

kata serapan (plural kata-kata serapan)

  1. loanword
    Synonyms: kata pinjaman, kata pungutan
    Kata "keju" itu sendiri merupakan kata serapan. ― The word "keju" itself is a loanword.

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