jalan cerita
Indonesian edit
Etymology edit
Compound of jalan (“road, way”) + cerita (“story”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
jalan cêrita (first-person possessive jalan ceritaku, second-person possessive jalan ceritamu, third-person possessive jalan ceritanya)
- (literature) plot, storyline (the course of a story, comprising a series of incidents which are gradually unfolded, sometimes by unexpected means)
- Synonyms: alur, alur cerita, plot
Further reading edit
- “jalan cerita” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.