percobaan

Indonesian

Etymology

Affixed coba (“try”) +‎ per- -an. Semantic loan from Dutch poging (“attempt”).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /pərt͡ʃoˈbaan/ [pər.t͡ʃoˈba.(ʔ)an]
  • Rhymes: -aan
  • Syllabification: per‧co‧ba‧an

Noun

pêrcobaan (plural percobaan-percobaan)

  1. attempt: the action of trying at something
    1. (law) an attempt to commit a crime
  2. test
  3. trial, experiment

Further reading

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