gimnasium
Indonesian
editEtymology
editFrom Dutch gymnasium (“a type of school”), from Latin gymnasium, from Ancient Greek γυμνάσιον (gumnásion, “exercise, school”).
- The sense of indoor sport place is a semantic loan from English gymnasium.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editgimnasium (first-person possessive gimnasiumku, second-person possessive gimnasiummu, third-person possessive gimnasiumnya)
Usage notes
editThe word is part of false friends between Standard Malay and Indonesian due to shared etymology. The Brunei, Malaysia and Singapore usage can be seen in Malay gimnasium.
Related terms
editFurther reading
edit- “gimnasium” 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.
Malay
editEtymology
editFrom English gymnasium (“indoor sports place”), from Latin gymnasium, from Ancient Greek γυμνάσιον (gumnásion, “exercise, school”).
Noun
editgimnasium (Jawi spelling ݢيمناسيوم, informal 1st possessive gimnasiumku, 2nd possessive gimnasiummu, 3rd possessive gimnasiumnya)
Usage notes
editThe word is part of false friends between Standard Malay and Indonesian due to shared etymology. The Indonesian usage can be seen in Indonesian gimnasium.
Further reading
edit- “gimnasium” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
- Indonesian terms borrowed from Dutch
- Indonesian terms derived from Dutch
- Indonesian terms derived from Latin
- Indonesian terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Indonesian semantic loans from English
- Indonesian terms derived from English
- Indonesian 4-syllable words
- Indonesian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Indonesian lemmas
- Indonesian nouns
- Indonesian uncountable nouns
- id:Education
- id:Sports
- Malay terms borrowed from English
- Malay terms derived from English
- Malay terms derived from Latin
- Malay terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Malay lemmas
- Malay nouns
- Malay uncountable nouns
- ms:Sports