kata ganti

Indonesian

Etymology

Compound of kata (“word”) +‎ ganti (“to replace; to change”), calque from Chinese 代詞／代词 (dàicí, “pronoun”, literally “substitute/replace word”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈka.ta ˈɡan.ti/

Noun

kata ganti (plural kata-kata ganti)

  1. (grammar) pronoun: a type of word that refers anaphorically to a noun or noun phrase, but which cannot ordinarily be preceded by a determiner and rarely takes an attributive adjective
    Synonym: pronomina

Synonyms

  • kata ganti nama (Standard Malay)

Derived terms

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