kesalahan
Indonesian edit
Etymology edit
Affixed salah + ke- -an, from Malay kesalahan. Semantic loan from Dutch schuld for the law sense.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
kêsalahan (plural kesalahan-kesalahan, first-person possessive kesalahanku, second-person possessive kesalahanmu, third-person possessive kesalahannya)
- error (mistake)
- (law) guilt, culpability
Further reading edit
- “kesalahan” 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 edit
Etymology edit
Affixation of salah + ke- -an.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
kesalahan (Jawi spelling کسالهن, plural kesalahan-kesalahan, informal 1st possessive kesalahanku, 2nd possessive kesalahanmu, 3rd possessive kesalahannya)
Verb edit
kesalahan (Jawi spelling کسالهن)
- to be convicted
Further reading edit
- “kesalahan” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.