berkas

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay berkas, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bəʀkəs.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bərˈkas]
• Hyphenation: bêr‧kas

Noun

berkas (plural berkas-berkas, first-person possessive berkasku, second-person possessive berkasmu, third-person possessive berkasnya)

1. bundle

   Synonyms: bundel, ikat, gabung, kumpulan

2. folder

   Synonym: map

3. (computing) file

   Synonym: fail

Alternative forms

• barkas

Derived terms

• berberkas-berkas
• berkasan
• memberkas
• memberkaskan
• pemberkas
• pemberkasan
• seberkas
• teberkas

 

• berkas cahaya
• berkas data
• berkas isoglos
• berkas komputer
• berkas konkordansi
• berkas tersendiri
• berkas zip

 

Further reading

• “berkas” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bəʀkəs.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bərkas/
• Rhymes: -kas, -as
• (Johor-Riau) IPA^(key): [bər.ˈkäs]

Noun

berkas (Jawi spelling برکس, plural berkas-berkas, informal 1st possessive berkasku, 2nd possessive berkasmu, 3rd possessive berkasnya)

1. bundle
2. colligation

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

• berberkas [stative / habitual] (beR-)

Descendants

• Indonesian: berkas

Noun

berkas (Jawi spelling برکس, plural berkas-berkas, informal 1st possessive berkasku, 2nd possessive berkasmu, 3rd possessive berkasnya)

1. to bundle; to tie or bind together
2. (by extension) to arrest
   • 2022 June 9, Tengku Danish Bahri, “Tipu inap desa, suami isteri menganggur diberkas”, in Utusan Malaysia:

     Polis Terengganu memberkas sepasang suami isteri yang disyaki terlibat dengan kes penipuan inap desa yang tidak wujud di daerah ini.

     Terengganu police arrested a couple suspected of being involved in a home stay fraud case in the district.

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

• pemberkas [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure] (peN-)
• pemberkasan [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure + resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (peN- + -an)
• memberkas [agent focus] (meN-)
• memberkaskan [agent focus + causative benefactive] (meN- + -kan)
• diberkas [patient focus] (di-)
• diberkaskan [patient focus + causative benefactive] (di- + -kan)
• terberkas [agentless action] (teR-)

Classifier

berkas (Jawi spelling برکس, singular seberkas)

1. Classifier for a bale of otherwise disconnected objects.

   seberkas kayu api ― a bundle of firewoods

   seberkas tebu ― a bundle of sugarcanes

Further reading

• “berkas” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.