tata cara
Indonesian
Alternative forms
- tatacara (Standard Malay)
Etymology
Compound of tata (“order”) + cara (“way, manner”), from Malay tatacara, calque from Chinese 做法 (zuòfǎ).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˌtata ˈt͡ʃara/ [ˌt̪a.t̪a ˈt͡ʃa.ra]
- Rhymes: -ara
- Syllabification: ta‧ta ca‧ra
Noun
tata cara (plural tata-tata cara)
Further reading
- “tata cara”, 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