serat
Indonesian
Pronunciation
- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /səˈrat/ [səˈrat̪̚]
- Rhymes: -at
- Syllabification: se‧rat
Etymology 1
Inherited from Malay serat (compare Javanese ꦱꦼꦉꦠ꧀ (seret, “choked; tight”), Old Javanese srĕt (“faltering”)). Doublet of seret.
Adjective
sêrat (comparative lebih serat, superlative paling serat) (rare)
Derived terms
- menyeratkan
- terserat
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Javanese ꦱꦼꦫꦠ꧀ (serat, “fibre; vein; barb”, literally “comb”), from Old Javanese sĕrat, srat (“comb”), ultimately probably from Proto-Mon-Khmer *siit ~ *siət (“to comb”) (compare to Khmer សិត (sət, “to comb”)).
Noun
sêrat (plural serat-serat)
Synonyms
- gentian (in Standard Malay)
- pelawas (in Standard Malay)
Derived terms
- berserat
Compounds
- serat alami
- serat bambu
- serat bekas
- serat buatan
- serat busa
- serat diet
- serat gelas
- serat hewan
- serat jagung
- serat jute
- serat kapas
- serat kasar
- serat kedelai
- serat kulit kayu
- serat larut
- serat makanan
- serat manila
- serat mineral
- serat nanas
- serat optik
- serat optis
- serat otot
- serat otot daya tahan
- serat otot kedut cepat
- serat otot kedut lambat
- serat panjang
- serat pendek
- serat poliester
- serat polimer
- serat selulosa
- serat sintetis
- serat sintil
- serat taklarut
- serat taklarut air
- serat tiruan
Further reading
- “serat” 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.
Javanese
Romanization
serat
- romanization of ꦱꦼꦫꦠ꧀
Latin
Etymology 1
Form of the verb serō (“I sow or plant”).
Verb
serat
- third-person singular present active subjunctive of serō
Etymology 2
Form of the verb serō (“I join or weave”).
Verb
serat
- third-person singular present active subjunctive of serō
Etymology 3
Form of the verb serō (“I fasten”).
Verb
serat
- third-person singular present active indicative of serō