kesatu

Affixation of ke- +‎ satu, inherited from Malay کساتو (kesatu).

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /kəˈsatu/ [kəˈsa.t̪u]
• Rhymes: -atu
• Syllabification: ke‧sa‧tu

kesatu

1. first

   Synonym: pertama

The suppletive ordinal number pertama is normally used elsewhere, while kesatu is only used to make emphasis directly on the ordering (compare anak pertama vs. anak kesatu, both similarly means "the first child" but the latter means more of "child no. 1").

• “kesatu” 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.

ke- +‎ satu, from Proto-Malayic *kA- + Proto-Malayic *sA- (“one”) + *batu (“stone”), displaced by pertama.

• IPA^(key): /kəsatu/

kesatu (Jawi spelling کساتو)

1. first

• Indonesian: kesatu