kata sifat
Indonesian
Etymology
- From Malay kata sifat. Reconstructed as kata + sifat.
- Semantic loan from Arabic صِفَات (ṣifāt), plural of صِفَة (ṣifa, “adjective”) for adjective sense.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˌkata ˈsifat/ [ˌka.t̪a ˈsi.fat̪̚]
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -ifat
- Syllabification: ka‧ta si‧fat
Noun
kata sifat (plural kata-kata sifat)
- (linguistics) adjective
- Synonym: adjektiva
Further reading
- “kata sifat” 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
Noun
kata sifat (Jawi spelling کات صيفت, plural kata-kata sifat)