malapetaka

From Malay malapetaka, from Classical Malay malapetaka. Equivalent to mala- +‎ petaka.

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /malapəˈtaka/ [ma.la.pəˈt̪a.ka]
• Rhymes: -aka
• Syllabification: ma‧la‧pe‧ta‧ka

malapetaka (plural malapetaka-malapetaka)

1. misfortune

   Synonyms: bahala, bahaya, bala, bencana, cobaan, dakiat, keapesan, kecelakaan, kegagalan, kemaharan, kemalangan, kemudaratan, kerugian, kesialan, mara

• “malapetaka”, 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

• (Baku) IPA^(key): /maˌlapəˈtaka/ [maˌla.pəˈt̪a.ka]
  • Rhymes: -aka

• (schwa-variety) IPA^(key): /ˌmaləpəˈtakə/ [ˌma.lə.pəˈt̪a.kə]
  • Rhymes: -akə
• Hyphenation: ma‧la‧pe‧ta‧ka

malapetaka (Jawi spelling ملاڤتاک, plural malapetaka-malapetaka or malapetaka²)

1. catastrophe, disaster

   Synonyms: bahala, bala, bencana, celaka, cending (Kelantan-Pattani), gerah (Kelantan-Pattani), geroh, kemalangan, kempunan, kesialan, mara (literary), marabahaya, merbahaya, musibah, musibat, nahas, reba (Kedah), tulah

• > Indonesian: malapetaka (inherited)

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