aktivitas

Indonesian

Etymology

• Learned borrowing from Latin activitas.
• Displaced aktivitet, a loan word from Dutch activiteit. Equivalent in meaning to aktif (“active”) +‎ -itas (“-ity”), because Dutch activiteit is equivalent to actief (“active”) +‎ -teit (“-ity”).

Pronunciation

• (standard, uncommon) IPA^(key): /ak̚tivitas/
• (nonstandard, common) IPA^(key): /ak̚tifitas/
• (nonstandard, uncommon) IPA^(key): /ak̚tipitas/

• Hyphenation: ak‧ti‧vi‧tas

Noun

aktivitas

1. activity

   Synonyms: keaktifan, kegiatan

Alternative forms

• aktifitas (nonstandard)
• aktivitet (dated)
• aktiviti (Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore)

Derived terms

• beraktivitas

 

Related terms

• aktif
• aktiva
• aktivasi
• aktivis
• aktivisme
• bioaktif
• hiperaktif
• hiperaktivitas

 

Further reading

• “aktivitas” 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.