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sekolah school Portuguese escola seks sex English sex, from Latin selamat safe, well-being Arabic سلامات salāmāt, used for greeting phrases as 'selamat pagi', etc. Selasa Tuesday Arabic الثلاثاء / al-Thulāthāʼ sempurna perfect, complete Sanskrit संपूर्ण / sampūrṇa "complete, whole" - cf. "purnama" sengsara
The following conventions are used: Cognates are in general given in the oldest well-documented language of each family, although forms in modern languages are given for families in which the older stages of the languages are poorly documented or do not differ significantly from the modern languages.
The study of Indonesian etymology and loan words reflects its historical and social context. Examples include the early Sanskrit borrowings, probably during the Srivijaya period, the borrowings from Arabic and Persian, especially during the time of the establishment of Islam, and words borrowed from Dutch during the colonial period.
Word Indonesian Meaning Dutch Word Dutch Meaning Note Ref tang pliers tang tas bag tas tangki tank tankje The Dutch word is a diminutive of tank: tégel floor tile tegel teh tea thee téken sign (on signature) teken teknologi technology technologie telat late te laat too late telefon telephone telefoon televisi television televisie tema theme thema
Word Indonesian Meaning Chinese Character (Traditional) Chinese Character Chinese Variant Chinese Transliteration Chinese Meaning Note Ref acik, aci: older women, such as older sister, aunt 阿姊: 阿姊: Hakka: â-chí, â-chè, â-che elder sister Min Nan: a-chí, a-ché akeo: son 阿哥: 阿哥: Min Nan: a-ko elder brother amah
An Alabama man admitted Monday to taking part in a January 2024 hack of a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission social media account designed to manipulate the price of bitcoin. Eric Council Jr ...
Word order is frequently modified for focus or emphasis, with the focused word usually placed at the beginning of the clause and followed by a slight pause (a break in intonation): Saya pergi ke pasar kemarin "I went to the market yesterday" – neutral, or with focus on the subject.
The origin of tatsama words (Bengali: তৎসম, romanized: tôtśômô) in Bengali is traced to 10th century poets.Another, more minor, wave of tatsama vocabulary entered the (Modern) Bengali language by Sanskrit scholars teaching at Fort William College in Kolkata at the start of the 19th century.