tetapi
Central Melanau
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Malay tetapi, from Sanskrit तथापि (tathāpi).
Conjunction
tetapi
- alternative form of ketapi
Indonesian
Etymology
From Malay tetapi, from Old Malay tathapi, from Sanskrit तथापि (tathāpi), तथा (tathā) + अपि (api).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [təˈtapi]
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: tê‧ta‧pi
Conjunction
têtapi
- but (although)
Alternative forms
Further reading
- “tetapi”, 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
Malay
Alternative forms
Etymology
Inherited from Old Malay [script needed] (tathāpi) (attested in the Kota Kapur inscription), borrowed from Sanskrit तथापि (tathāpi).
Pronunciation
- (schwa-variety, /a/-variety, Baku, Riau-Lingga) IPA(key): /təˈtapi/ [t̪əˈt̪a.pi]
- Rhymes: -api, -pi, -i
- Hyphenation: te‧ta‧pi
Conjunction
tetapi (Jawi spelling تتاڤي)
- but (although)
- Rumah itu kecil, tetapi sangat selesa.
- The room is small but, very comfortable.
Descendants
References
- Edi Sedyawati; Ellya Iswati; Kusparyati Boedhijono; Dyah Widjajanti D. (1994), Kosakata Bahasa Sanskerta dalam Bahasa Melayu Masa Kini, Jakarta, Indonesia: Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa. Departemen Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, →ISBN, page 277
Further reading
- "tetapi" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017