pertama

From Malay pertama, from Sanskrit प्रथम (prathamá, “first”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *pratʰamás (“first, foremost”), from Proto-Indo-European *pro-tm̥mós (“foremost”). Doublet of pratama.

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /pərˈtama/ [pərˈt̪a.ma]

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• Rhymes: -ama
• Syllabification: per‧ta‧ma

pertama

1. first

   Synonym: kesatu

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").

• “pertama” 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.

Borrowed from Sanskrit प्रथम (prathamá). Partially displaced native words kesatu.

• IPA^(key): /pərtama/
  • (Johor-Riau) IPA^(key): [pə(r)tamə]
• Rhymes: -ama, -ma, -a

pertama (Jawi spelling ڤرتام)

1. first

• Indonesian: pertama

• “pertama” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.