kepala negara
Indonesian edit
Etymology edit
Compound of kepala + negara, calque of Dutch staatshoofd (“head of state”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
kepala negara (plural kepala-kepala negara, first-person possessive kepala negaraku, second-person possessive kepala negaramu, third-person possessive kepala negaranya)
Synonyms edit
- ketua negara (Standard Malay)
Further reading edit
- “kepala negara” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.