kosakata
Indonesian
Etymology
Calque of Dutch woordenschat (“vocabulary”, literally “word treasure”) as kosa + kata (“word”). The word kosa is from Sanskrit कोश (kośa, “dictionary, lexicon, vocabulary, treasury, store”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ko.sa.ˈka.ta/
- Hyphenation: ko‧sa‧ka‧ta
Noun
kosakata (first-person possessive kosakataku, second-person possessive kosakatamu, third-person possessive kosakatanya)
- (linguistics) vocabulary.
- Synonym: perbendaharaan kata
Alternative forms
- kosa kata (nonstandard)
Further reading
- “kosakata” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
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