verba bantu
Indonesian edit
Etymology edit
Compound of kata kerja (“verb”) + bantu (“auxiliary”), calque of Latin verbum auxiliare (“auxiliary verb”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
verba bantu (plural verba-verba bantu, first-person possessive verba bantuku, second-person possessive verba bantumu, third-person possessive verba bantunya)
Synonyms edit
Further reading edit
- “verba bantu” 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.