tentara

tentara

1. first/third-person singular pluperfect indicative of tentar

From Malay tentera, from Sanskrit तन्त्र (tantra, “an army​”). Doublet of tenteram and tantri.

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /tənˈtara/ [t̪ən̪ˈt̪a.ra]
• Rhymes: -ara
• Syllabification: ten‧ta‧ra

tentara (plural tentara-tentara)

1. armed forces; army
2. soldier

• tentera (nonstandard Indonesian)
• tentera (Standard Malay)

• Synonyms: bala, laskar, pasukan, prajurit, sena, serdadu

• “tentara” 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.

• Rhymes: -aɾɐ
• Hyphenation: ten‧ta‧ra

tentara

1. first/third-person singular pluperfect indicative of tentar

• IPA^(key): /tenˈtaɾa/ [t̪ẽn̪ˈt̪a.ɾa]
• Rhymes: -aɾa
• Syllabification: ten‧ta‧ra

tentara

1. first/third-person singular imperfect subjunctive of tentar