tanpa

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay tanpa, from Classical Malay tanpa, from Javanese tanpa (ꦠꦤ꧀ꦥ, without), from Old Javanese tan apa (not matter).

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -pa
  • (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈtanpa/ [ˈt̪an.pa]
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  • Rhymes: -anpa
  • Syllabification: tan‧pa

Preposition

tanpa

  1. without (not having)

Further reading

Japanese

Romanization

tanpa

  1. Rōmaji transcription of たんぱ

Malay

Pronunciation

  • (Baku) IPA(key): /ˈtanpa/ [ˈt̪am.pa]
    • Rhymes: -anpa, -ampa
  • (Johor-Riau) IPA(key): /ˈtanpə/ [ˈt̪am.pə]
    • Rhymes: -anpə, -ampə
  • Hyphenation: tan‧pa

Preposition

tanpa (Jawi spelling تنڤا)

  1. without (not having)

Usage notes

"Tanpa" is part of a word (like "non-" or "un-"), whereas "tidak ada" is used as a response.

For example, "tidak ada orang" (there are no people), and "tanpa orang" (lacking any people).

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