garisan
Indonesian
editEtymology
editAffixed garis + -an. Semantic loan from Javanese ꦒꦫꦶꦱꦤ꧀ (garisan, “ruler”) for ruler sense.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editgarisan (plural garisan-garisan, first-person possessive garisanku, second-person possessive garisanmu, third-person possessive garisannya)
- line, marking.
- (colloquial) ruler, a (usually rigid), flat, rectangular measuring or drawing device with graduations in units of measurement; a straightedge with markings.
- Synonym: penggaris
Usage notes
editThe line, marking sense is related to the product of line as a verb. For line as an object description, the word garis is used instead of garisan.
Further reading
edit- “garisan” 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.
Javanese
editRomanization
editgarisan
- Romanization of ꦒꦫꦶꦱꦤ꧀