kata serapan

Indonesian

Etymology

Compound of kata (“word”) +‎ serapan (“absorbed, penetrated”), calque of Arabic لفظ دخيل‎ (lafz dakhil, “loanword”, literally “penetrating word”)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈkata səˈrapan]

Noun

kata serapan (first-person possessive kata serapanku, second-person possessive kata serapanmu, third-person possessive kata serapannya)

  1. loanword
    Kata "keju" itu sendiri merupakan kata serapan. ― The word "keju" itself is a loanword.
    Synonyms: kata pinjaman, kata pungutan

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