kosakata
Indonesian edit
Etymology edit
Calque of Dutch woordenschat (“vocabulary”, literally “word treasure”) as kosa + kata (“word”). The word kosa is from Sanskrit कोश (kośa, “dictionary, lexicon, vocabulary, treasury, store”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
kosakata (first-person possessive kosakataku, second-person possessive kosakatamu, third-person possessive kosakatanya)
- (linguistics) vocabulary.
- Synonym: perbendaharaan kata
Alternative forms edit
- kosa kata (nonstandard)
Further reading edit
- “kosakata” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.