kata sifat

Indonesian

Etymology

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˌkata ˈsifat/ [ˌka.t̪a ˈsi.fat̪̚]
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  • Rhymes: -ifat
  • Syllabification: ka‧ta si‧fat

Noun

kata sifat (plural kata-kata sifat)

  1. (linguistics) adjective
    Synonym: adjektiva

Further reading

Malay

Etymology

kata +‎ sifat. Loaned from Arabic صِفَة (ṣifa, adjective) for adjective sense[1]

Noun

kata sifat (Jawi spelling کات صيفت, plural kata-kata sifat or kata2 sifat)

  1. adjective.
    Synonyms: sifat, adjektif

References

  1. ^ Versteegh, Kees (September 2020), “Extended grammar: Malay and the Arabic tradition”, in Histoire Épistémologie Langage, volumes 42-1, →DOI, pages 13–31