tetua
Indonesian edit
Etymology edit
From Malay tetua, from Classical Malay tetua. Equivalent to reduplication of tua (“old”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
tetua (plural tetua-tetua, first-person possessive tetuaku, second-person possessive tetuamu, third-person possessive tetuanya)
- elder, an older person or an older member, usually a leader, of some community.
- (biology) parent, an organism from which a plant or animal is immediately biologically descended.
Further reading edit
- “tetua” 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.