berkas
Indonesian
Etymology
From Malay berkas, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bəʀkəs.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /bərˈkas/ [bərˈkas]
- Rhymes: -as
- Syllabification: ber‧kas
Noun
bêrkas (plural berkas-berkas)
- bundle
- folder
- Synonym: map
- (computing) file
- Synonym: fail
- (physics) beam (a ray or collection of approximately parallel rays emitted from the sun or other luminous body)
Alternative forms
Derived terms
- berberkas-berkas
- berkasan
- memberkas
- memberkaskan
- pemberkas
- pemberkasan
- seberkas
- teberkas
- berkas cahaya
- berkas data
- berkas isoglos
- berkas komputer
- berkas konkordansi
- berkas tersendiri
- berkas zip
Further reading
- “berkas” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Malay
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bəʀkəs.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bərkas/
- Rhymes: -kas, -as
- (Johor-Riau) IPA(key): [bər.ˈkäs]
Noun
berkas (Jawi spelling برکس, plural berkas-berkas)
Derived terms
Affixed terms and other derivations
Regular affixed derivations:
- berberkas [stative / habitual] (beR-)
Descendants
- Indonesian: berkas
Noun
berkas (Jawi spelling برکس, plural berkas-berkas)
- to bundle; to tie or bind together
- (by extension) to arrest
- 2022 June 9, Tengku Danish Bahri, “Tipu inap desa, suami isteri menganggur diberkas”, in Utusan Malaysia:
- Polis Terengganu memberkas sepasang suami isteri yang disyaki terlibat dengan kes penipuan inap desa yang tidak wujud di daerah ini.
- Terengganu police arrested a couple suspected of being involved in a home stay fraud case in the district.
Derived terms
Affixed terms and other derivations
Regular affixed derivations:
- pemberkas [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure] (peN-)
- pemberkasan [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure + resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (peN- + -an)
- memberkas [agent focus] (meN-)
- memberkaskan [agent focus + causative benefactive] (meN- + -kan)
- diberkas [patient focus] (di-)
- diberkaskan [patient focus + causative benefactive] (di- + -kan)
- terberkas [agentless action] (teR-)
Classifier
berkas (Jawi spelling برکس, singular seberkas)
- Classifier for a bale of otherwise disconnected objects.
- seberkas kayu api ― a bundle of firewoods
- seberkas tebu ― a bundle of sugarcanes
Further reading
- “berkas” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.