remaja
Indonesian edit
Etymology edit
From Malay remaja, from Javanese ꦉꦩꦗ (remaja, “adolescent”), from Old Javanese *rumāja (“young”), rāja (“king”) + -um- (“become”), from Sanskrit राजा (rājā), nominative singular of राजन् (rājan, “king”). Cognate Sundanese rumaja.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
rêmaja (plural remaja-remaja, first-person possessive remajaku, second-person possessive remajamu, third-person possessive remajanya)
- (countable) adolescent, teen, youth.
- Synonym: pemuda
- Marco menjual bajunya kepada kalangan remaja dan dewasa.
- Marco sells his clothes to both teenagers and adults.
- (uncountable) adolescence: The transitional period of physical and psychological development between childhood and maturity.
Adjective edit
rêmaja
- young.
- Synonym: muda
- adolescence.
- Synonym: adolesens
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Further reading edit
- “remaja” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.