pesawat

Indonesian

Etymology

Affixed peng- + sawat (rope), inherited from Malay pesawat, from Classical Malay pesawat (rope). Semantic loan from English airplane for engineering sense.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pə.ˈsa.wat̚/
  • Rhymes: -wat, -at, -t
  • Hyphenation: pê‧sa‧wat

Noun

pêsawat (plural pesawat-pesawat, first-person possessive pesawatku, second-person possessive pesawatmu, third-person possessive pesawatnya)

  1. (physics) machine
    Synonym: mesin
  2. ellipsis of pesawat terbang (airplane).
  3. rope
    Synonym: tali

Derived terms

  • berpesawat
compound words

Further reading

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