ilmu hitung
Indonesian edit
Etymology edit
Compound of ilmu (“science”) + hitung (“to count, to compute”), from Malay ilmu hitung, a calque of Dutch cijferkunst (“arithmetic”, literally “to compute + art; ability”) and Dutch rekenkunde (“arithmetic”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ilmu hitung (first-person possessive ilmu hitungku, second-person possessive ilmu hitungmu, third-person possessive ilmu hitungnya)
- (obsolete) arithmetic
- Synonyms: aritmetika, ilmu hisab
- algebra (clarification of this definition is needed)
- Synonym: aljabar
Further reading edit
- “ilmu hitung” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.