berantas
Indonesian edit
Etymology edit
From Javanese ꦧꦿꦤ꧀ꦠꦱ꧀ (brantas, “to wipe out, to remove”), from Old Javanese rantas (“broken, severed, snapped”). Compare Minangkabau barantas, Malay banteras, berantas, Classical Malay بنترس (banteras), بنترس (berantas).
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
bêrantas
- to eradicate
Alternative forms edit
- banteras (Standard Malay)
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “berantas” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.