kata majemuk

Indonesian

Etymology

From compound of kata (“word”) +‎ majemuk (“compound”), from calque of Dutch samengesteld woord (“compound word”) (samengesteld +‎ woord).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkat̪a mad͡ʒəˈmʊʔ]

Noun

kata majemuk (first-person possessive kata majemukku, second-person possessive kata majemukmu, third-person possessive kata majemuknya)

1. (linguistics) compound word.

   Synonym: kompositum

Further reading

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