watak

Indonesian

Etymology

Inherited from Malay watak.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈwa.taʔ/
  • Rhymes: -taʔ, -aʔ, -ʔ
  • Hyphenation: wa‧tak

Noun

watak (plural watak-watak)

  1. (literature) character: a literary description of a character type
    Synonyms: karakter, sifat, perangai

Derived terms

  • berwatak
  • mewataki
  • perwatakan
  • watak agresif
  • watak kompleks oedipus

Further reading

Javanese

Romanization

watak

  1. romanization of ꦮꦠꦏ꧀

Malay

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: wa‧tak
  • Rhymes: -aʔ

Noun

watak (Jawi spelling واتق, plural watak-watak)

  1. character (being in a story)

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

  • perwatakan (“characteristics of someone”) [causative passive + resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (peR- + -an)

Further reading

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /waˈtak/ [wɐˈt̪ak̚]
  • Rhymes: -ak
  • Syllabification: wa‧tak

Adjective

waták (Baybayin spelling ᜏᜆᜃ᜔)

  1. separated; divided; disunited
    Synonyms: kalat, hiwalay, magkalayo, tangkalag

Noun

waták (Baybayin spelling ᜏᜆᜃ᜔)

  1. state or condition of being disunited or widely separated from one another
    Synonyms: kalat, hiwalay, layo, tiwalag, tagaktak

Derived terms

  • magwatak
  • magwatak-watak
  • pagkawatak
  • pagwatak
  • pagwatak-watakin
  • pinagwatak-watak
  • watak-watak
  • watakin
  • winatak-watak

References

  • “watak”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

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