sesar

Indonesian

Etymology

Inherited from Malay sesar.

  • The sense “fault” probably is a semantic loan from Japanese ずれ (zure, “slippage, a gap, shear”), a synonym of 斷層(だんそう) (dansō, “fault”, literally “gap”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [səˈsar]
  • Rhymes: -sar, -ar, -r
  • Hyphenation: sê‧sar

Noun

sêsar (plural sesar-sesar, first-person possessive sesarku, second-person possessive sesarmu, third-person possessive sesarnya)

  1. (seismology) fault: A fracture in a rock formation causing a discontinuity.
    Synonym: patahan

Verb

sêsar

  1. (dated) to slide
    Synonym: geser

Derived terms
  • menyesar
  • menyesarkan
  • penyesaran
  • sesaran

Further reading
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