suplesi

Borrowed from Dutch suppletie, from Latin supplētiō.

• (Standard Indonesian)
  • IPA^(key): /supˈlesi/ [sup̚ˈle.si]
    • Rhymes: -esi
  • IPA^(key): /supləˈsi/ [sup̚.ləˈsi]
    • Rhymes: -i
• Syllabification: sup‧le‧si

suplesi (plural suplesi-suplesi)

1. suppletion
   1. supplementation; repletion; completion; augmentation

      Synonyms: penambahan, tambahan

   2. (grammar) the use of an unrelated word or phrase to supply inflected forms otherwise lacking

• “suplesi”, 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